Hi everyone!
I currently have family members in other countries. I already know that it is not possible to share the music and TV subscriptions.
but is it possible to share the payment method? I want to pay for my father 🍏TV+ subscription. But he is in another country/region. Changing his region is not an option.
You cannot set up Family Sharing for peole with their accounts set to different regions. If they are all in the same region you can. Since you cannot set it up for family members in different regions, you can't use Family Sharing at all for anything at all, not just Apple Music and TV.
This may raise heated debate here about international card usage (which Apple does in fact say is possible), but you could make your card the payment method on his account. However, that would be for anything he bought unless he was very careful to have personal account balance.
You cannot set up Family Sharing for peole with their accounts set to different regions. If they are all in the same region you can. Since you cannot set it up for family members in different regions, you can't use Family Sharing at all for anything at all, not just Apple Music and TV.
This may raise heated debate here about international card usage (which Apple does in fact say is possible), but you could make your card the payment method on his account. However, that would be for anything he bought unless he was very careful to have personal account balance.
If you are sharing something then you are very lucky and must have found some flaw in the system because that is not normally possible.
Legal - Apple Media Services - Apple
"All Family members must share the same Home Country."
Share purchases with others in your Family Sharing group on Mac - Apple Support
"To share purchases, family members must be in the same iTunes Store country or region."
No.
I know some services can be shared, because I’m already sharing my 2TB of iCloud+.
But the part of sharing my payment method is not documented anywhere.
Share family payment method between regions
