I'm not sure where the best place to post this question is.
For years, my wife, myself, and our children have shared a single iTunes account. This works well for us. My wife and I know the password, and our children do not. We each have our own iCloud account, and share the iTunes and App Store account. We don't see each others e-mail and messages, but we share the app catalog of $100's over the course of years of iOS usage.
Family sharing sounds good, but it doesn't share IAPs. This is a problem for us. We currently subscribe to Beats Music using our AT&T plan ($14.99 for the family) which is the same price as the family iTunes Music plan. For reasons I won't detail here, I'm not thrilled with the Beats Music experience. BUT, the iTunes Music family plan relies on Family Sharing.
Is there a way to have cake and eat it too?
-Keep existing apps/IAPs
-Use iTunes Family Sharing/iTunes Music
-Have future purchases tied to main iTunes account
My Idea:
Set up each of our iCloud accounts without credit information (so no billing can occur.)
Set up main iTunes account as Family Sharing (master, main, whatever it is called.)
Sign out of individual account/Sign in to main account for purchases
Sign back in as individual account after purchase to use Music/Match
It's complicated use, but if it accomplishes the above goals, it's worth it.
We have not crossed the 5 device boundary, so I don't think there is any ethical issue to our usage. (3 iPhones, 1 iPad, 1 iPod)
Thoughts and Suggestions?
06-16-2015 08:15 AM