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> You could create a new account for each kid. At a mininum, this means that you have to re-purchase all the paid apps from every account. That's what apple wa

by nolok 14y ago

> You could create a new account for each kid. At a mininum, this means that you have to re-purchase all the paid apps from every account. That's what apple wants, and that's also what a lot of other companies try to do (steam ? kindle ?). I'm interested in the outcome of this if one day someone takes it to court in the EU. I don't know for other countries but I know that here in France it was ruled several times with "old medias" (box games, books, music cd, ...) that when buying one it was your right to share it with your household (I'm simplifying a bit it, but basically you shouldn't have to buy a new copy for each person as you had the right to share one). I'm pretty sure whoever seriously tried to push for court would get a settlement offered pretty quick to avoid any judgment on the matter.

nopal 14y ago
The original post is inaccurate. It is possible to share an iTunes (App Store) account without sharing an iCloud account.
bradleyland 14y ago
A couple of points that a lot of people are missing: 1) You can use a separate account for iCloud and iTunes purchases. The default is to configure them as the same, because it simplifies the setup process and matches use cases for most people. 2) The matter of licensing and multiple purchases isn't just an Apple concern, it's a general software licensing concern. You can't buy one copy of Microsoft Office and install it on all of your PCs either. You'll start getting activation errors after the first couple of activations. That's because the licensing is per-device, not per person. In general, people don't understand software licensing, but the fact that you can buy an app on the App Store one time for 99¢ and install it on multiple iOS devices is actually a huge improvement for end users. The trade-off is that you have to do so under a single iTunes account. This requires a minimal amount of additional configuration.

by nolok 14y ago

nopal 14y ago

The original post is inaccurate. It is possible to share an iTunes (App Store) account without sharing an iCloud account.

bradleyland 14y ago

A couple of points that a lot of people are missing: 1) You can use a separate account for iCloud and iTunes purchases. The default is to configure them as the same, because it simplifies the setup process and matches use cases for most people. 2) The matter of licensing and multiple purchases isn't just an Apple concern, it's a general software licensing concern. You can't buy one copy of Microsoft Office and install it on all of your PCs either. You'll start getting activation errors after the first couple of activations. That's because the licensing is per-device, not per person. In general, people don't understand software licensing, but the fact that you can buy an app on the App Store one time for 99¢ and install it on multiple iOS devices is actually a huge improvement for end users. The trade-off is that you have to do so under a single iTunes account. This requires a minimal amount of additional configuration.