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How would that solve this issue? I don’t understand. This seems unrelated. Do you honestly want to tell me that first creating an account for the kids and then
by arrrg 14y ago
How would that solve this issue? I don’t understand. This seems unrelated.
Do you honestly want to tell me that first creating an account for the kids and then creating an separate account (you do not plan to use) just to get purchased apps on there is in any way, shape or form a simpler solution?
Yes, Apple should support multiple accounts, but that’s unrelated to this problem.
- georgemcbay 14y agoIt would make the entire setup process more logical. While it may result in slightly more steps at initial setup time, it would bring clarity to the process, so you wouldn't be in the situation you are now where clearly many people are Doing It Wrong because Doing It Wrong is the easy path. Also, it makes it easier to undo the damage if you actually do go ahead and do it wrong, no need to do what amounts of a factory reset of the device to get to your desired state. Usually the best UX is the one which has less steps for the user, but in some situations that can be taken to an extreme which removes important clarity of what is actually happening from the user, and IMO Apple's current device setup system suffers from that.
- arrrg 14y agoI completely disagree with you there. Multiple accounts are messy and add tons of complexity. They are anything but easy to understand. I think Apple needs to add them, but I always envisioned them as a pro feature. Throwing normal users into a multiple account setup process seems like a very bad idea to me. I’m also not sure how multiple account creation can prevent this specific failure in any way. Someone who is inclined to set up their kids’ devices with their own account will likely not doing anything different during the same step in a multiple account set up process.