WiFi password sharing was severely criticized when Microsoft introduced it. But then Apple put in in iOS and nobody batted an eye.
There are some ideas that just need time.
There are some ideas that just need time.
Microsoft shared the password implicitly to "friends" without making the security implications clear to the user.
It seems like Apple have made the security implications clear to the user: an explicit choice to share the password to one person, and the prompt mentions that a password is being shared.
The Microsoft implementation is rightly lambasted.