ICloud family sharing and iTunes Match

Apple,
I have setup iCloud family sharing accounts for my household as it is definitely a more convenient way to 'approve' of apps for my kids' devices. Unfortunately, I discovered that Apple has not included the ability to share iTunes Match content to family users. This creates a problem as the kids don't have separate computers and I don't intend to create separate iTunes libraries for them on the same computer where I would end up having duplicate libraries. Even if I accept that issue I would have to subscribe to match for 4 people in my house to the tune of $99.96 a year. This is NOT feasible and so now I find my self evaluating the benefit/future need for even my iTunes Match subscription. At this point, I am moving all of my music that was "matched" to my NAS and will have everyone access it using an iOS app. The thing is that this doesn't fit the, "it just works" commitment that Apple offered to it's users. It may be that you are limited by the labels/RIAA and they will not allow you to pass the matched content through family sharing but you are making a compelling case for my to just drop my Match subscription even though I have subscribed to it since you first offered it. My subscription is up for renewal in January 2015 so let's see if you fix this issue by then.

Hi,
You are not addressing Apple here. This is a user to user forum. Suggest you provide feedback to Apple https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Jim

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Hi yosemitedoran,
Welcome to the Support Communities! If I'm understanding your question ... your daughter has two different Apple ID's? If so, she can't use iTunes Allowances on the Apple ID she is using for Family Sharing.
Start or join a family group using Family Sharing - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201088
Start a family group
One adult in the family—the family organizer—can set up Family Sharing for the group. When you set up Family Sharing, you'll be asked to confirm that you agree to pay for purchases initiated by the family members you invite and that you have a valid payment method on file. Valid payment methods for setting up Family Sharing include credit cards and debit cards.
Set up and manage iTunes Allowance - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-is/HT201676
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Set up your Apple ID for iCloud and iTunes - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204053
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iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between computers
iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between computers
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I hope this information helps ....
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Hi,
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I have setup family sharing using my wife's Appleid as the organizer. Everything was setup and working great until my daughter got an iPhone 6 for her birthday. After finishing setting up her phone she now gets the following message in the iTunes store if she is logged in with her account or if she is logged in with my wife's account:
This iTunes account is set up to use Family Sharing with a different iCloud account than [email protected] Learn More.
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mhollenbeck wrote:
I am interested in signing up for iTunes match, but only if I can share the music media with my wife. I understand that if she signs in with my apple account she would have access to all the content, but I don't want to do that.
If I start using the family share option, will my content from iTunes match also be available to her or just the purchases made through apple?
Mhollenbeck,
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Would we still be able to listen to each others libraries?
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Hi Chris CA thanks for your reply. So is a bad idea to use family sharing?
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