On 16 Sep 2011, at 18:34, Arno Hautala wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 18:52, David Patrick Henderson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 16 Sep 2011, at 09:55, Arno Hautala wrote:
>>
>>> I doubt Apple will allow having multiple IDs being active on the same
>>> device at once.
>>
>> But they already do allow this behavior at least on desktops and laptops,
>> and I’ve seen at least one person post here that this also works to some
>> degree on iOS.
>
> Mmm, I could be wrong. It just doesn't seem like the kind of thing
> they'd do with iOS. Those devices seem like they're set up for use by
> an individual, while OS X devices are useable by multiple people and
> include support for that use.
>
> Enh, we'll see soon enough. Multiple active IDs certainly would make a
> lot of people happy.
Maybe we need to define what is meant by “active” IDs. I know that in iTunes, I
have at least 4 ids authorized concurrently, but most of my purchases have been
under only one of them.
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