Can I use family sharing without a credit card

Apple didn't write the law. Don't like it? Complain to your congressman. Then go buy something else. Don't be surprised when you find out they have to conform to the same laws Apple does.

In response to the original post, a credit card is needed to create the family sharing account. All the purchases are linked to that card but you could in theory set up "ask to buy" for everyone listed not a spouse or parent on the account. Then the cardholder(s) would get notifications that would either be able to approve or decline purchases made on their card. I have it set up for my family and it works great. Even free apps my kids want to download come thru as a request to me.

Yer yer I can read previous posts, what about all the other restrictive BS clever dick, Apple impose on us losers 😝

I agree with others, go elsewhere next time, for overall "treated like yr an adult" OS lol

BTW who is our congressman to complain to in the UK, muppet.

Dear Apple... it's not right to trick people into putting their credit card information. I can understand you need to verify that I am an adult when creating a child's apple id. But it said clearly that I could change back the payment method after. Now that I have family sharing it doesn't let me remove the credit card. This is annoying and stupid. I was perfectly fine before using iTunes store credit.

You are NOT talking to Apple. Apple didn't have a choice in the matter. It's an issue of law, not Apple policy. You can easily remove the credit card. In order to do so, you MUST provide another valid payment method.

It is to comply with the federal COPPA Act. Specifically this section...

You can use a debit card to do this.

2017 is a few days from now.

Any updates on this issue? I, too, do not want to put my cc since I don't want any unnecessary purchases made by my younger brothers. I use iTunes cards to reload. Have spent over 2,000 usd using this system.

I'd say they want to trick people into buying more. The law is just a means for them to justify their real intentions.

You might say that, but you would be absolutely wrong. If you don't like it, write your congressman. The law has not changed.

I'd say they want to trick people into buying more.

Of all the absurd things I read here... this is perhaps the most absurdest.

Your suggestion is that a feature designed to allow up to 6 Apple users to share a single purchase is actually a cleverly disguised attempt to "trick" those same users into making more purchases. Is that right?

The law is just a means for them to justify their real intentions.

The law has nothing to do with purchases. Zero. Nada. The law is about governing children's access to an online service. It is also only related to creating an Apple ID for a child and has nothing to do with Family Sharing.

It took you 7 months to come up with this reply?

I, too, do not want to put my cc since I don't want any unnecessary purchases made by my younger brothers. I use iTunes cards to reload. Have spent over 2,000 usd using this system.

Then you need a different mechanism to keep your brothers from abusing your credit.

Family Sharing will not resolve the challenge you have. They will have to finance their own purchases.

Whose laws? This is why the Trump result scares the globe, because your laws trickle down to govern those outside your shores.

Will a Visa Gift card work for CC account info?

kirsay wrote:

Will a Visa Gift card work for CC account info?

No.

no.

We now just pay for Apple Music as a monthly fee. seems like the easiest $olution to keep everyone (I mean, apple) happy. I guess we have to get over the idea of "owning" an album, easier for my kids to do but for me it irks me, especially when the back catalogue of my childhood still isn't available.