This is the best summary I could come up with:
The bug has been assigned to someone now, and Googlers have jumped into the thread to make official statements that Google is looking into the matter.
Depending on the device, this issue can result in the primary user being unable to access media storage.
To check if a Google Play system update is available for your device, follow the instructions in this Help Center article.
If your device is stuck in a “Pixel is starting” boot loop due to this issue, we are investigating methods that may be able to recover some data.
Child users are probably the most popular reason to use this feature since you can lock kids out of things, like purchasing apps.
A factory reset has always been a solution that fixes the problem, but that will also erase all your data, and some people understandably don’t want to do that.
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Android is better than iOS Haha
Do iPhones even have a way to add multiple users yet? Last time I checked there was no option, but I haven’t bothered for a while, so did they finally add that?
I’ve never considered multiple users on a phone to be a feature I’d ever use. Interesting concept I guess.
I personally got couple use cases.
Work profile: I can split my works stuff and personal very easily (and for security as personal apps cannot see or work with work stuff usually).
This also helps if you want to get same app installed multiple times. Ex. I could install pokemon go and use two profiles same time with split screen.
“true” secondary profile: like in desktop OS where you can create multiple profiles, this will “boot” phone to new profile and it has own partition and apps. Cannot interact with other “true” profiles.
I use that with my child if I hand phone to her. She cannot get to my stuff (not even images or other data) and only has her stuff available.
So do you have a work phone number? Do you have different contacts? Do you just have a bunch of duplicate contacts?
I’m really not seeing the benefit when you could just organize your work applications in a single area and use your notification settings to determine which contacts get what types of notifications when you are “work mode.” I assume android has that, since iOS certainly does.
So do you have a work phone number?
I don’t have work number currently. And I very rarely call with my phone to coworkers.
when you could just organize your work applications in a single area
You could do that, but you would miss some of the features. Ex. I use same browser on normal and work profile, but I have two icons (one for work, one for normal) to open browser. When I’m on my work profile, I’m logged in with my work Google account and it doesn’t interfere with my normal profile browser. Same thing for Gmail, calendar, contacts, Google docs/sheets etc. And if I ever want to get rid of works stuff on my phone, I just delete work profile.
And for security reason when normal profile apps cannot interfere with work profile apps in any way. Ex. I can have one password manager on my work profile and another on normal profile and they cannot share information in any way and I can keep my work and private passwords separate.
And like I previously said, this works for entertainment use also, as I can have two instances of same app with different login information (like pokemon go)
And when Google added it, it became accidental ransomware, locking them out of their system?
I’m not sure how this is a good argument. “Yeah, well, that thing that Google just released that’s totally fucking broken, really badly. Does the iPhone even have the same thing?”
No, last I checked, the iPhone doesn’t have an option for multiple users that results in an a ransomware-like-outcome.
Multi profile users have been around for many years, they’re not new. Also the fanboyism in this comment is really weird, Apple isn’t going to pay you.
somebody hates being wrong
It’s 2023 and we’re still doing this? It’s pretty obvious neither is objectively better, stop being so loyal to companies and their products.
Like you and android? ;)
Nice assumption ;) no I don’t like Google either.
So you don’t use an android?
Nope I’m on LineageOS
Honey, that’s still android. That’s like using Edge and saying you’re not using Chrome. Yeah, you are. It’s supporting google’s evil control over an industry by using code from AOSP. Still, you’ll get points in my book for being de-Googled as much as one can be while still using Android.
Haha jokes on you, I lied. I’m not using LineageOS. I’m posting from a Google Chrome web browser on my Chromebook running ChromeOS. I don’t even know what LineageOS is, I just Googled it. Maybe I’ll switch to it after watching a YouTube tutorial on it, but for now my phone is just a rock and a string that I stare at for 3 hours a day ☺️ because I refuse to use Android
