I wish Apple provided the MDM, rather than relying on a random consumer ecosystem of dodgy companies who all charge 3-18$ per machine per month, which is a lot.

Auth should be Apple Business Manager; image serving should be passive directories / cloud buckets.

Apple launched their own solution last year (maybe it was the year before).

Haven’t tried it though, still using JamF.

https://www.apple.com/business/essentials/

I don’t think that’s bizarre at all, there’s a clear financial incentive for things to be this way. Apple can’t have normal people sharing a single device instead of buying one for each.

> Yes, but only if it's enrolled in MDM, bizarrely enough

In education or corporate settings, where account management is centralized, you want each person who uses an iPad to access their own files, email, etc.

In home settings, where devices are shared with multiple family members, you want each person who uses an iPad to access their own files, email, etc.

Parents and spouses would appreciate if they could take the multiple user experience for tvOS and make it an option for iPadOS.

Same applies to “families” and it’s somewhat bizarre that this is still ignored in 2025.