Re: Apple and family sharing

Almost the same thing appears if you swap "uk" to "ca" in the url.

That's not just a happenstance page, either. You actually get word and spelling 
changes when you switch from the UK to Canada.

uk - "music, films, TV programmes, books and apps"
ca - "music, movies, TV shows, books and apps"

The feature was directly covered in the iOS 8 launch, so it is present for the 
US market as well. Apple does NOT tend to do half measures, so it is likely 
available in other significant markets as well.

It also looks like it appears in the page sets for "cn" (China), "jp" (Japan), 
"in" (India), "br" (Brazil), "id" (Indonesia), and "ng" (Nigeria). It does not 
show up for "pk" (Pakistan), so it is not universal, even though Apple does 
have "pk" areas on its site. With those countries, this feature covers more 
than half of the world population.

Either way, this isn't something my family is likely to make use of. Apple 
iOS devices (iPhones, iPads) are too paternalistic for my requirements.

... Chris


On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, josephHarris joe9438-/[email protected] [ebook-community] wrote:

> Apple and family sharing
>
> I came across this a couple of days ago, and have seen one query so far
> on what it means to  the publisher. Anyone have useful information?
> Below is the Apple explanation and terms and conditions link for users.
> First two are UK links - I don't know if the US or other country links
> differ. Looks like another Big Internet Company erosion of Copyright to me.
>
> Joseph Harris
>
> invitation page
> https://www.apple.com/uk/ios/whats-new/family-sharing/
> marginally different page!
> https://www.apple.com/uk/icloud/family-sharing/
> terms and conditions
> Family Sharing is about 4 scrolls down
> https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/uk/terms.html
>
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