Has anyone tried sharing an apple ID with your spouse/significant other for Apple music? Just wondering what that is like and if there are any technical issues that arise
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Shared Apple ID for Apple Music
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Bad idea for many reasons like iCloud docs, Notes, Calendars, Reminders, text Messages, phone call notifications, etc. Also only one device can play 
Music at a time and will shut off if you both try at the same time. Just pay the $5 and get the family plan. It is also the RIGHT thing to do.
Music at a time and will shut off if you both try at the same time. Just pay the $5 and get the family plan. It is also the RIGHT thing to do.
Don't be cheap and buy the family plan...it is cheap
and with a lot less hassle.Yes, then you get to set up your own stuff. It learns what YOU like and YOU only.Don't be cheap and buy the family plan...it is cheap
Don't be cheap and buy the family plan...it is cheap
It's not necessarily being cheap. Not that I can speak for the OP, but the wife and I have shared an Apple ID since way before family sharing was around. Once that came out, we have tried multiple times to set up for family sharing with multiple accounts and have had serious issues ever time. From contacts not sharing, calendars not sharing, music and purchases not sharing.
After the third time of trying to set it up and it wiping my wife's phone of contacts and calendar events, and not copying over no matter what we tried, she told me no more. SO we are back to sharing an Apple ID. It works for us.
That being said, we tried Apple Music when it first came out and yes, if one device on the account is using it and the other tries to use it, the first user will get kicked.
Why didn't you setup time w/Apple genius bar or support? They could have taken care of those issues.
Because at this point it works out perfectly fine they way we have it. My wife was happy the way we had it to start, so it annoyed her I was changing things in the first place. Then once it wiped her phone and wouldn't sync anything, she was really pissed.
So I changed it back and said screw it. Happy wife, happy life.