Apple has multi user support for iPads, but only if you’re a school.

Normal users should accept that if they let their kid play Angry Birds they’re risking an accident with all their other apps getting mucked with, and if they don’t like it they can buy five iPads.

https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/shared-ipad-overv...

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derefr a day ago | parent | next [-]

I believe the idiomatic solution for “handing your child an iDevice but only letting them touch one app” is Guided Access mode.

It’s only when you want to let them jump in and out of multiple apps (e.g. pick what game they want to play on their own) that you start having a problem.

(And the not-idiomatic-but-people-do-it-anyway solution for that, from what I’ve seen, is buying one extra iPad, and creating a special whole-family Apple account for it, to effectively serve as a game console for the kids.)

	▲	computomatic a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> when you want to let them jump in and out of multiple apps (e.g. pick what game they want to play on their own) The solution to that is Assistive Access. It’s more painful to use than it should be, but it absolutely solves this problem.
	▲	wlesieutre 20 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I'm skeptical that normal users are expected to operate Guided Access. It's fairly awkward.

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arthurcolle a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think they also do this for prison iPads as well!

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sillysaurusx a day ago | parent [-]

What do prison iPads do in general?

	▲	nuxi a day ago \| parent [-]
		Run the services in jails /s

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floydnoel a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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quibono a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Is this sarcasm or are you one of _those_ Apple fans willing to rationalise every single issue their products have?

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redundantly a day ago | parent [-]

I'd say it's sardonic, rather than sarcastic.

	▲	wlesieutre 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, that's what I was going for