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by DaiPlusPlus 851 days ago
I'm being more cynical and assuming it's probably to do with AirPlay screen-mirroring encryption and how tying everything to the same Apple ID account placates Hollywood's technophobic licensing execs.
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I think it’s a lot simpler than that. If they require both devices are logged in to the same account, they don’t need to deal with authorization. You would not believe how much development time this saves.
Except that you can have a different AppleID for your system versus content.
This is an incredible point that I had not considered.