Do not require password for free downloads

[vault]

Ok, so iOS has this option, but does it even do anything? I swear the App Store asks me for password every time I try to download anything. Like now I installed HBO Max and it wanted me to type in my long and complicated password, which is long and complicated for security reasons and I don't want to enter it willy nilly because that's actually a security issue.

I also manage a few devices for elderly people who don't know or care about their own passwords and this makes it worse. They don't understand why they need a password to download some crap app that makes cat sounds when they shake the phone.

What is funny is when I do that on Apple TV, it asks me for confirmation on my iPhone... with a single tap, because apparently my iPhone is now a trusted device.

Is this option working for anyone?

 

[HDFan]

Ok, so iOS has this option, but does it even do anything? I swear the App Store asks me for password every time I try to download anything. Like now I installed HBO Max and it wanted me to type in my long and complicated password, which is long and complicated for security reasons and I don't want to enter it willy nilly because that's actually a security issue

1. Applications and other things such as books are managed by accounts. You have to be logged in to an account to download even if it is free. They are the "shelf" where stuff is stored. It is annoying to say the least when you have to enter your password 10's of times a day. Also annoying is if you purchased something on another account. You can't access it unless you log into that account or have set up family sharing for it.

2. A password manager such as 1Password can reduce the pain by filling in the username/passwords for you.

 

[vault]

The phone is of course logged in to iCloud account (it's synchronising stuff and whatnot) but it still asks me for password for every single download. The option I showed doesn't seem to do anything in my case, that's the problem.

 

[HDFan]

Are you signed into Media and Purchases in your iCloud settings?

 

[three]

1. Applications and other things such as books are managed by accounts. You have to be logged in to an account to download even if it is free. They are the "shelf" where stuff is stored. It is annoying to say the least when you have to enter your password 10's of times a day. Also annoying is if you purchased something on another account. You can't access it unless you log into that account or have set up family sharing for it.

2. A password manager such as 1Password can reduce the pain by filling in the username/passwords for you.

The issue is, a password manager prompt almost never shows up in the App Store