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by happytoexplain 1122 days ago
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.

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> So instead of giving users any agency in that situation, they just ban the very concept as a whole.

Of course, many apps on the app store offer this feature.

Annnd they just announced multiple timers.