If they're the apps that come with the Apple devices, then everyone with an Apple device has already got them and they're designed to work with iCloud.
Or have one Apple ID for apps so you can pay once. Have an iCloud account for each device.
Ok well this is where the analogy falls apart. Most people who buy BMWs lease them for the short term. So most bmw buyers are just on the lease and return cycle, not new buyers, largely due to their terrible depreciation. How many of those lessees are new? Hard to guess, but it’s not like the apple scenario at all.
Still doesn’t make logical sense. Why distribute your apps across multiple accounts when you can have them all on one?How to download apps and content that your family members have purchased
If you use purchase sharing, you can download apps and play content that your family members have bought.support.apple.com
This is not true if you set up Family Sharing, in which case many apps can be downloaded and used by multiple users in the same Family setup. In fact, Affinity Designer is sharable this way, with up to six family members.
If you log into Apple ID with the same Apple ID, but then use different iCloud accounts none of the messaging, browser history, photos, etc. are shared. This completely avoids the need for family sharing which only serves to force you to buy apps multiple times or worry about some arbitrary small limit to the size of ones family. It isn't the developers call if I get to use the app on one device or five. Just because I don't personally use a device doesn't mean I don't own it and have every right to install my software on it. One app purchase and everyone gets access to all apps without worrying that data will be synchronized.
Thanks. Hopefully I was able to help you.
For sure. I’m not advocating for BMW leasing, just explaining why it’s not a good match.
This won't happen. Apple has a (nearly psychotic) penchant for dumping older models into K-12 and Higher Ed. Back in the early 90s, "my time" with Apple, Apple actually targeted those markets with models; but that was changing by the mid-'90s and sometime after Jobs returned that premise got completely knifed, and Edu got the leftovers, usually deleteriously (watered-down iMacs with hard drives and non-Retina MBP/A), with the "regular" models getting little to no discounts.
Can you have different iCloud accounts with the same Apple ID? I would expect that to cross wires for all the Apple apps that use iCloud to sync - Messages, Notes, Reminders, Calendar, etc. They have Family Sharing to make the apps portable across multiple related Apple IDs, why not use that functionality?
You can have as many iCloud with the same Apple ID as you want. The Apple ID determines if you paid for an app, but it doesn't have anything to do with content sync. If the App supports iCloud then it uses whatever iCloud account you are logged in with. If you have two devices with the same Apple ID they can both download the same app, but you would need the same iCloud if you want the content to sync between them. This is ideal when you want every app you paid for available on all devices but don't want every device syncing all content.
While I understand you desire to install apps on any phone you want, I disagree that purchasing an app entitles you to install it on any beyond what the developer states. If you don't like a policy, don't buy the app. If enough people do that the developer will either live with fewer sales, change the TOC, or cease development.
I fundamentally disagree that the developer ever gets a say, but in any case, Apple's policy already says I can install it on every device I own.
