I posted this previously in iOS 13 but I’m reposting it note in the hopes that iOS 14 changed something I’m missing.
We’re currently Spotify users that would like to switch to Apple Music as part of an Apple Pne premium subscription. We've used a primary Apple account for years in the App Store where all our apps have been purchased. Each of us then has our own personal iCloud accounts that we use, with the primary account only logged into the App Store. We do it this way because I don't want purchases tied to someone's personal account, should we ever decide to remove someone from family sharing. According to Apple's site, purchases stay with the original account, even if the family sharing account paid for it.
Historically whatever account was logged into the App Store was also used for iTunes/Music and this was a deal breaker. I activated the trial of Apple One this week and with iOS 14 I see in 'Settings > Music > Home Sharing' where our personal iCloud accounts are captured there, and not the App Store account. However, if I'm in the Music app, click on the profile icon and select 'View Apple ID', it shows me the App Store account and not my personal iCloud account.
It does seem like we're all able to simultaneously stream music, which is good. However, I noticed that a playlist created with the primary account while on my Mac synced to my iPhone, which suggests that it's actually the primary account being used on our phones and not our personal iCloud accounts. That being said, the same playlist did not sync to my wife's phone and it is setup the same way as mine... If it is in fact still sharing the one primary account for Music, I don't want my wife/kids playlists showing up in my account and vise versa so we'd have to stick with Spotify.
I can't find anything on Apple's site that confirms one way or the other. Anyone else have experience with testing this since iOS 14 released?
We’re currently Spotify users that would like to switch to Apple Music as part of an Apple Pne premium subscription. We've used a primary Apple account for years in the App Store where all our apps have been purchased. Each of us then has our own personal iCloud accounts that we use, with the primary account only logged into the App Store. We do it this way because I don't want purchases tied to someone's personal account, should we ever decide to remove someone from family sharing. According to Apple's site, purchases stay with the original account, even if the family sharing account paid for it.
Historically whatever account was logged into the App Store was also used for iTunes/Music and this was a deal breaker. I activated the trial of Apple One this week and with iOS 14 I see in 'Settings > Music > Home Sharing' where our personal iCloud accounts are captured there, and not the App Store account. However, if I'm in the Music app, click on the profile icon and select 'View Apple ID', it shows me the App Store account and not my personal iCloud account.
It does seem like we're all able to simultaneously stream music, which is good. However, I noticed that a playlist created with the primary account while on my Mac synced to my iPhone, which suggests that it's actually the primary account being used on our phones and not our personal iCloud accounts. That being said, the same playlist did not sync to my wife's phone and it is setup the same way as mine... If it is in fact still sharing the one primary account for Music, I don't want my wife/kids playlists showing up in my account and vise versa so we'd have to stick with Spotify.
I can't find anything on Apple's site that confirms one way or the other. Anyone else have experience with testing this since iOS 14 released?