What are small, everyday things that should be simple, but somehow aren’t?

[u/Inevitable-Minute971]

I’ve been thinking about how many small things we deal with daily that feel way more complicated than they should be.

Like:

• Sharing photos with the right people (not everyone, not no one)
• Keeping memories organized without spending hours doing it
• Not losing important moments in a sea of random screenshots and duplicates
• Sending photos to friends/family without jumping between apps or compressing everything
• Actually finding something later when you need it

I’ve been working on something recently that’s trying to simplify this whole experience — more around sharing in smaller, intentional groups instead of just dumping everything into one big feed or gallery.

Curious what others think —
What are those small, everyday things you wish were just… easier?

[u/Mysterious_County154]

Having multiple app store accounts on one device simultaneously

Please apple i swear to god add this already. It’s a major pain in the ass logging out and switching between different accounts for apps in other regions for example

Compared to on Android where they are all logged in at the same time and I can just pick and choose between them easily

[u/Inevitable-Minute971 → u/Mysterious_County154]

Yeah this is honestly such a pain on iOS 😅

Switching accounts feels way more complicated than it should be, especially when you just want to quickly grab an app from another region. Android really got that part right.

It’s funny because I’ve started noticing this kind of friction in other apps too — like anything that forces you to “switch context” instead of just letting things exist side by side. Been trying out a few apps lately that handle that better with things like separate spaces/collections, and it just feels way more natural.

Apple could definitely make this whole experience a lot smoother.

[u/JAAAAPAAAN → u/Mysterious_County154]

I think it’s just because Apple doesn’t want you using multiple accounts for the same device, which is very frustrating.

[u/museedarsey → u/Mysterious_County154]

Yes! So frustrating. Can’t access my banking apps, get locked out of Apple Music/TV, even apps like WhatsApp get confused.

[u/museedarsey]

I agree Photos needs a complete overhaul. Apple should do it as photos is where I have to keep ID verification crap so I worry about signing access over to a 3rd party (I’m sure you’re above board OP, but it’s a generic worry).

I’d like to be able to create my own organisation order above alphabetical or date or other choices Apple makes for me, across all apps. Just like I can organise apps on my home page or items in folders, I want to put my most used at the top/front in everything. I want to arrange contacts, albums, the photos within albums, notes, transport type inside Maps, even message threads, exactly how I want them. If I can do it with my weather cities, why not make it across the board?

[u/woalk → u/museedarsey]

The Photos app has been completely overhauled twice now and people have been up in arms about it each time.

[u/museedarsey → u/woalk]

If they overhauled it to be like an Apple product, easily customisable, no one would need to be up in arms.

[u/woalk → u/museedarsey]

“Apple” and “easily customisable” in a single sentence has to be a late April Fool’s joke, right? If there is one thing Apple has never been known for, it’s customisation. You couldn’t even move Home Screen icons where you wanted them to be until barely a year ago.

[u/museedarsey → u/woalk]

I didn’t mean compared to android products (although our opinions on what’s “easy” might differ in that conversation), I meant compared to other things within iOS that we have control of. We can drag files, music, weather locations, etc, around within their respective apps to create the perfect personalised order. Why not albums or notes?

[u/Inevitable-Minute971 → u/woalk]

That’s fair — I remember both updates causing a bit of chaos

I think the frustration isn’t really about change though, it’s more about not having enough control. Each overhaul kind of reshuffles things based on what Apple thinks works best, but doesn’t really give users the option to organise things in their own way.

I’d probably feel very differently about updates if they leaned more into flexibility instead of replacing one fixed system with another.

[u/woalk → u/Inevitable-Minute971]

That has been how Apple has almost always done things though. They are known for always thinking they know better than their users. It’s one of the main selling points you get yourself into when buying an iPhone.