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That's a little unfair. The problem is more that families sharing airtags don't have a good option to trust eachothers tags.

I think families _do_ have an option and it's listed in the article. The author just didn't want to take that route as it's more merging of accounts than they are comfortable with.

I'd frame it more like Apple doesn't support the idea of shared resources except in a family account setting. A good example could be roommates living in a house and sharing a dog. A family account makes no sense here and the systems in place don't support sharing an AirTag for them.

Sadly, they do not. I've got the full Family Sharing thing going with Apple, Airtags are notably absent from it.

It is a weirdly framed feature request. Sounds like they want some way to signal that this third party AirTag is actually "co-owned" or at least the user knows about it and silence (maybe even track).

Yes - it would make sense for them to be optionally, per-device, pooled in Family Sharing in my opinion.

A better way to show the need for a family sharing would be examples like shared car keys, and luggage.

Message: don't get a dog.

seriously...