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My huge problem with iOS (and Apple in general) is the obsession with constantly making you enter passwords. Sometimes it gets so overwhelming that I am convin

My huge problem with iOS (and Apple in general) is the obsession with constantly making you enter passwords. Sometimes it gets so overwhelming that I am convinced the codebase mainly consists of password entering routines interspersed with small bits of other functionality. iOS's inability to share between apps also means usernames and passwords have to be constantly re-entered there too (eg every app that supports Dropbox requires entering a username and password in each app). This Apple disease spreads elsewhere. I had to enter my username and password on their developer site, and some web developer at Apple had gone to great lengths to prevent you from pasting your password into the password field. (I don't know that password - it is stored in a password management program.) I can't for the life of me understand why the Apple faithful put up with this nonsense.

el_cuadrado 14y ago
I, for one, would like to have more passwords in iOS. Like password-protecting my email app, file sharing app, and others.
- rogerbinns 14y ago
  Do you mean different passwords for different services (eg a specific password for Apple email versus a different password for iTunes store?) or that you want access to individual apps password protected? For the latter Android has the concept of multiple users but only on tablets. It isn't that useful as you can't for example create limited access guest accounts, only full blown ones. And software can't be made accessible the new users unless they create a google account in order to access the play store, even if already installed. It also turned off face recognition for me. The one thing Android did get right (but not perfect) is having a central account manager. Any service can add itself - for example the Github and Dropbox apps do. Any app (with permissions) can request access to accounts that require user interaction to confirm. However the app does not get a password, but instead a token that has to be periodically renewed.
sbuk 14y ago
This is simply not true. Also the language you are using is deliberately incendiary.

el_cuadrado 14y ago

I, for one, would like to have more passwords in iOS. Like password-protecting my email app, file sharing app, and others.

rogerbinns 14y ago
Do you mean different passwords for different services (eg a specific password for Apple email versus a different password for iTunes store?) or that you want access to individual apps password protected? For the latter Android has the concept of multiple users but only on tablets. It isn't that useful as you can't for example create limited access guest accounts, only full blown ones. And software can't be made accessible the new users unless they create a google account in order to access the play store, even if already installed. It also turned off face recognition for me. The one thing Android did get right (but not perfect) is having a central account manager. Any service can add itself - for example the Github and Dropbox apps do. Any app (with permissions) can request access to accounts that require user interaction to confirm. However the app does not get a password, but instead a token that has to be periodically renewed.

sbuk 14y ago

This is simply not true. Also the language you are using is deliberately incendiary.