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Re: Family Sharing problem

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On 22 Jul 2020 at 12:15:42 BST, "Jaimie Vandenbergh"
<jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:

> On 22 Jul 2020 at 10:17:17 BST, "TimH" <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Are there any well-known gotchas with family sharing across iOS devices? I'm
>> the 'Organiser' and my partner is 'Parent/Guardian', we're both signed in
>> with
>> our own Apple IDs, and all the FS options are switched on on both devices as
>> far as I can see, but the App Store still wants her to pay for apps I've
>> bought (which do allow family sharing). 
>> 
>> What could we be missing??
> 
> Does it actually want her to pay for them? I'm the organiser so it's hard to
> test but last time I did once you go to pay it'll say "Oh, that's free
> because
> another member of your family bought it" or words to that effect.

Yep, you're right. It's a pretty silly design though; you have to click
through a dialog that says "do you authorise this purchase?" or words to that
effect (definitely includes the word 'purchase'), *then* it tells you it's
free.

Anyway, thanks! Isolating mum and son can now play online Monopoly to their
hearts' content. And I don't have to :)

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TimH
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Family Sharing problem TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-07-22 09:17 +0000
  Re: Family Sharing problem Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-22 11:15 +0000
    Re: Family Sharing problem TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-07-22 14:39 +0000
      Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 10:45 -0400
        Re: Family Sharing problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-22 16:44 +0100
          Re: Family Sharing problem Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-22 15:50 +0000
            Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 12:08 -0400
          Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 12:08 -0400
            Re: Family Sharing problem TimH <thnews@poboxmolar.com.invalid> - 2020-07-22 16:14 +0000
              Re: Family Sharing problem nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-22 12:26 -0400
                Re: Family Sharing problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-22 18:20 +0100

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