Adam Kos When Steve Jobs introduced the first iPad, he introduced it as a device that would establish a new product segment between the iPhone and the Mac, i.e. the MacBook. He also said what such a device should be ideal for. Maybe at the time, but everything is different today. So why didn't Apple bring us support for multiple users even with iPadOS 15?
The answer is actually simple. He's all about sales, he's all about making sure every user has their own device. He does not want to share physical hardware, when he sees the potential more in sharing software or services. It was 2010, and Jobs said that Apple's iPad was ideal for consuming web content, emailing, sharing photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games and reading e-books – all at home, in the living room and on the couch. Nowadays, however, it is different. The iPad can thus be anything but an ideal device for the home. Although it can be set as the administrator of the smart one.
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Vratislav Holub Steve didn't quite get it
The device referred to as a "tablet" left me cold for a long time. I succumbed only with the arrival of the first generation iPad Air. This is thanks to its hardware, but also the weight, which was finally acceptable. I designed it as a household device that will be used by several of its members. And it was the biggest mistake because not a single member could use his potential to the fullest. Why?
It was due to the connection to Apple services. Signing in with an Apple ID meant syncing data—contacts, messages, emails, and everything else. I don't really have anything to hide, but my wife was already annoyed by the badges on all those communication applications, the need to download content from the App Store by entering my password, etc. subscribed services, it's laughable. At the same time, each of us prefers a different layout of icons on the desktop, and it was actually impossible to come to an agreement.
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This iPad was practically used for only a few activities – playing RPG games, which are noticeably clearer on a larger screen, browsing the web (when everyone used a different browser), and listening to audiobooks, where surprisingly, as in the only case, the common content was not a problem. How to solve it? How to turn the iPad into an ideal home product that everyone in the household will use to its full potential?
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11 years and there is still room for improvement
I understand that Apple is concerned with sales, I do not understand that, for example, with Mac computers, multiple users are allowed to log in without any comments. In addition, he presented it so nicely at the presentation of the new 24" iMac, when you just press the Touch ID key on his keyboard and the system will log in depending on who the finger belongs to. Said iPad Air is always at home. Now it is practically not used anymore, only in exceptional cases, which is also due to its old iOS and slow hardware. Will I be buying a new one? Of course not. I can get by with an iPhone XS Max, eg my wife with an iPhone 11.
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Benjamin Levicek But if the iPad Pro, which has the same M1 chip as the iMac, allowed multiple users to log in, I would start thinking about it. As part of its strategy of putting devices in every home, Apple paradoxically discourages a certain group of users. It makes no sense for me to have an iPad purely for my own use. I understand all those for whom this is a dream device, be it graphic designers, photographers, teachers, marketers, etc., but I just see it as a development dead end. That is, at least until Apple offers us to log in more users. And better multitasking. And a professional application. And interactive widgets. And… no, honestly, the first thing I said would really be enough for me.
We don't have a problem with it at all in our family, I have all notifications turned off, the few badges that come up don't bother us. The tablet serves the whole family, as another PC for surfing, shopping and as a TV. My daughter draws on it and it is also used for education. Sometimes I also take it to work for taking notes or presenting. It's a great machine and I really don't miss multi user at all.
From the point of view of privacy, the use of the iPad by multiple users without the possibility of creating multiple user accounts seems inadmissible to me. Just having to enter the password of one user and many other things. I can't imagine using an iPad and sharing it with the whole family.
Totally agree, the iPad is a personal device just like the iPhone. It's not a PC. And sharing the tablet just doesn't work.
Exactly. Without separate respects for each user, it's pure nonsense. Then a person must have notifications turned off, they must not have their e-mail accounts there, or have messengers or imessage connected there. It's just practically just a device for surfing the net and watching a movie. Just limit the already limited device. I have an iPad, but it's only mine. Everyone in the family has their own.
We each have our own iPad, me, my wife and daughter, and we just can't solve this problem ;-)
Agreement. In my opinion, sharing a tablet doesn't even make sense most of the time.
When Apple says "your next computer won't be a computer", I'd expect the whole family to be able to use the iPad...just like a Mac, after all. Unfortunately, this only confirms that the iPad still cannot be used in the same way as a computer. It's definitely a shame when Apple TV already has user switching. Maybe we'll see.
We also each have our own iPads (myself, son and daughter), after all, we also have our own computers, I have a gaming PC, my wife has a laptop, the children have enough tablets for now
It is absolutely true…. iPad M1 with hybrid OSX/iPad OS, support for X86 emulation and multi-user.
On the one hand, it is also comical that a Macbook Air for 30 s M1 and 8GB of ram can handle more users and all professional programs. While the iPad Pro M1 with 16Gb ram for 65 is only a difficult-to-use oversized phone for one user.
I don't know how my wife and I could share one iPad, we would fight. Just the photos we all have. Today we don't even watch TV anymore and I just look at iPads.
So I feel sorry for you👎
why? I also removed the TV from the household after the renovation of the apartment, I bought a marine aquarium instead and my wife and I watch the fish :)
the article has an error in the title. – you write about your own household and your personal opinion.
What is a mistake for you is that many users are completely irrelevant - ipads are being sold more and more... so in your opinion, no one has one at home?
Or does everyone just want to have their own? I don't see anything wrong with that.
So I'm used to everyone having their own computer/laptop at home. And a tablet doesn't seem like a device that should be shared by more people like a TV or a game console. Even according to a few comments, it's almost only your personal problem :)