Why is the organiser in Family Sharing forced to pay for Adults' purchases?

If you want purchases to be charged to the purchaser, you can put a gift card on the purchaser's account. It will charge against any gift cards before going to the credit card on file (which is, of course, the Organizer's).

Cheers,

GB

Absolutely, leaves it open to abuse/misuse by children also if they think they can always buy games/music Because you are paying. Each allowed user should have a designated password only rob can Enter or choose to inform user of!

That is exactly how Family Sharing works for children. They cannot purchase anything without an approval by the Organizer or an authorized Adult:

https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/

So, not sure how that leaves it open to abuse/misuse by children....

GB

I have 3 sons aged 21, 18 and 18. All have learning disabilities which makes for a very stressful life. I have to manage all the IT of the house hold and the boys all have iPads to assist their learning. Family share is great, but I have been hit with some bills for downloads they have done in error. They function like 6 year olds so having Ask to but would allow us to share but stop them making unwanted purchases.

Rremove them from family sharing and have them pay by gift card credit, that way they can ask when they want something and you can top their credit up to get it, you can do this as a gift from your account. Unfortunately, you will lose the benefits of family sharing.

According to Family Sharing from what i can see, ASK to BUY is automatically defaulted for any child under 13, and it can be turned on for any child under 18. It implies that once it it turned on, it can remain on for any member still on the plan regardless of age.

So, if you would be able to work with Apple Support to temporarily change the 21, 18, and 18 year olds' birthdays back to age 17, turn on ASK to BUY, and then fix their birthdates back to their actual ones, seems like that would meet your needs?

You could contact Apple Support to see what they could do for you in this unique situation:

Apple Support Numbers WorldWide

One other alternative would be to take them off of Family Sharing, but provide them with a limited Fund each month to be able to purchases what they wish. An "Allowance" so to speak. Certain types of Apps, Music, Websites, etc. can be limited by setting on Restrictions on each device (which only you know the passcode to)

Since I'm not sure what else you are using Family Sharing for, this may not be a viable alternative.

Howerver, I think your situation is unique enough that Apple would hopefully find a way for you to your the ASK TO BUY feature with any one that is on your Family Sharing account, if you deem the need for it.

Best of luck!

Report back with your outcome, if so inclined!

Cheers,

GB