Apple’s pejorative comments about MDM make sense if you consider Apple thinks MDM an necessary evil that they must provide for their phones to be viable in the

Apple’s pejorative comments about MDM make sense if you consider Apple thinks MDM an necessary evil that they must provide for their phones to be viable in the enterprise. I think the prospect of MDM establishing itself as a necessary evil for consumer use-cases is such affront to their thoughts about individual data privacy rights that they would rather trash MDM than risk that possibility. If you want to get a sense of how Apple thinks parental management of a device and enterprise management of a device in a corporate setting differ, all you need to do is compare the experiences and features. MDM is like a nuke compared to screentime and parental controls. As a final note Apple refuses to even provide the management server portion of MDM, another clear signal that of their split feelings on the matter.