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To quote JWZ: "You have invoked the "Oh, but there's a preference to turn off that stupid behavior" defense. I am showering you with negativity."

(Yes, it's not a preference pedantically, it's an option to create multiple accounts. Still the default and most used is using one account).

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I'm an engineer an I didn't know you could use two accounts for different tasks on the same device. Just never thought about it, because why would I? Not a reasonable workaround, I agree.

> Just never thought about it, because why would I?

Anyone with family members using their iTunes account would and has for many years. That's why it's there.

Everyone I know with family members tries to share a single login across all devices to share purchases.

It's there so that you can create a junk account for apps which want access to your credentials? Doubtful. Remember the context of the topic.

This thread started with:

"It's pretty crazy that you need to use the same credentials to "buy" a $0 app as you have to remotely lock and wipe your iphone and mac."

I'm having no trouble remembering the context. Why are you?

if you set up an iOS device, it specifically asks you if you want have a single Apple ID or 2 ids ( one for iTunes/App Store and another one for iCloud/FaceTime/iMessage).

It's not even default behavior to use the same account. You are required to make an explicit decision during setup whether or not you want to use the same Apple ID for iCloud and the App Store.

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