Ahh, okay, that helps knowing the goal of all of this.

Definitely sign up for the family plan, and get all the Apple IDs buying stuff bound into that one unit. The docs make it look harder then it is I believe, let me go test it this afternoon, I’ve got a family set up as part of unifying my two Apple IDs (long term Apple fan issues, not appplicable to new folks

In my experiences on iOS and Apple TV with the Family account, I’ve not seen much disruption, even with a few items bound to different iTunes IDs under the hood.