The sole reason why I chose samsung tab over iPad is that iPad is essentially useless as a shared family device - the UX of switching accounts inside apps is just terrible.
Tablet should definitely be a multiuser device and it's kinda stupid that Apple actually has multiple accounts functionality, but it only works for school or enterprise.
Its marketing, by locking that feature you are forced to buy more iPads for other family members.
Who does this? 5% of consumers?
I think they-misestimate anyone's desire to be wastefull, both ecologically and financially.
But the psychology probably goes further than "I'll buy everyone in the family a tablet" and is more like "Well I was thinking of maybe upgrading soon in a year or two, and anyway I'm tired of loaning the kids my tablet, how about I buy that new shiny one for myself and the kids can have this one?" to just push people over a threshold of spending
I get a new one because I ca... because I need one, yes, that's why. And my old one goes to the kids. A few cycles of this and everyone has their own, and all of them are still officially supported with major version upgrades - not just security patches.
If I could flash android onto it, I would buy it right away
What does "multiuser" mean to you? The traditional home PC was shared by everyone in the family, all using the same account. What do you accomplish by running multiple accounts on the iPad?
not in my family. You only do this if they don't know how to create an account.
Previously PCs contained no personal data - maybe some school work, a few documents and a hidden porn collection .
Nowadays there is all of your messages, bank apps and photos you dont want your parents to see
Never heard of this. Anyone I knew back in the days with a home PC always had an account for each family member. Multi account on PC is a long solved problem. Not sure why iPad still hasn't solved it after over a decade.
It means separate app data, so I don't have to tediously re-login in spotify, messengers etc.
> The traditional home PC was shared by everyone in the family, all using the same account.
Not really and even if so, the separation of concerns is much easier. For traditional PC I can get by with a separate browser profile.
For mobile OS with mobile apps, each having an account or personalisation features, it's just non-usable.
For the record: I don't remember my family having different accounts on our home computer as a kid.
And PCs even nowadays don't have so many installed apps that require login, unlike mobile OS apps.
Properly as in "even my mom can use it". You could do it in earlier versions, but the UX wasn't exactly smooth if you had multiple users you needed to switch between.