iPad & iPhone User - USA (2019-08)

OPINION

A complaint nine years in the making. Leif Johnson reports

I

t’s 2019 and yet iPads remain married to the person

who set them up. Apple may chatter a lot about

privacy, but the fact that the firm insists on keeping

its tablets tied to a single Apple ID means there’s little

that’s private about sharing an iPad.

This arrangement has never made much sense,

but it’s especially bizarre in light of the avalanche of

It’stimefortheiPadtosupportmultipleaccounts

It’s time for the iPad to support multiple accounts

OPINION

Acomplaintnineyearsinthemaking.LeifJohnsonreports

I

t’s 2019 andyetiPadsremainmarriedtotheperson

whosetthemup.Applemaychatteralotabout

privacy,butthefactthatthefirminsistsonkeeping

itstabletstiedtoa singleAppleIDmeansthere’slittle

that’sprivateaboutsharinganiPad.

Thisarrangementhasnevermademuchsense,

butit’sespeciallybizarreinlightoftheavalancheof

It’s time for the iPad to

support multiple accounts