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Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by Mikeb85 on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:16PM (#19592474)
On an Android phone you don't have to re-log in. You can share accounts across apps. Accounts are also in the settings. You can still manage your email accounts through the emails apps however, and the makers of most apps allow you to manage your account in the app itself, even if the login spans multiple apps. It just makes no sense to not have it in the app at all.
Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by snazz on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:42PM (#19592602)
Sharing accounts across apps also works on iOS, FWIW. Most Google-branded apps will offer a “Continue as _____” button on the first open if you’ve signed in to another one of their apps.
Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by Mikeb85 on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:55PM (#19592671)
That's not the issue. The issue is the lack of account management in the Apple email app itself. For example, let's say you're using mail to manage a Gmail account and Outlook account. You can't simply manage those accounts from the email app. Odds are you don't have an Outlook login across multiple apps on an iPhone (fuck MS), so why can't you access it from the app itself?

Anyhow, this is becoming circular. I guess if you've used an iOS device forever you get used to its quirks, but it makes no damn sense if you use other OSes. Gmail, you can manage accounts within the app. Apple's app, you can't. Makes no sense.

Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by TylerE on Saturday April 06, 2019 @05:29PM (#19593106)
> Odds are you don't have an Outlook login across multiple apps on an iPhone (fuck MS), so why can't you access it from the app itself?

HUH?? This is exactly why Accounts are a global setting.

What you are describing it literally EXACTLY HOW IT WORKS on iOS. Set it up once and it will work in Mail and Calendar

Re:Dieter Rams designed products to last, is horrified how w... by testpostpls on Saturday April 06, 2019 @03:44PM (#19592618)
Historically on built-in iOS apps settings go in the Settings app. With that pattern in mind, it makes no sense to have settings in the app itself because the user would be looking in the Settings app.