It’s been so long either they’re too embarrassed to add the feature after all these years or there’s some weird deeply embedded technical obstacle too scary to touch.
I guarantee it's a third option: When Apple has a bizarre, unexplainable limitation, it's because of a highly opinionated hyper-pure UX design decision.
Having multiple timers running is inelegant and sometimes confusing. So instead of giving users any agency in that situation, they just ban the very concept as a whole.
If they feel enough pressure, and they can come up with a satisfactorily simple UX, they will usually eventually fix the hole.
Having multiple timers running is inelegant and sometimes confusing. So instead of giving users any agency in that situation, they just ban the very concept as a whole.
If they feel enough pressure, and they can come up with a satisfactorily simple UX, they will usually eventually fix the hole.