By definition you will have access to things Apple wont publish or support at subsidized rates below the fully loaded hourly cost of a senior engineer.
Because you will be paying the full unsubsidized rate for any support needed for features not available to the mass market.
Its like how IBM will gladly send a team of senior engineers to help enterprise clients resolve every last possible request.
Edit: As compared to mass market features, where the economics dont work unless they’re close to 100% certain most users wont require any costly support.
> By definition you will have access to things Apple wont publish or support at subsidized rates below the fully loaded hourly cost of a senior engineer.
If you're an Apple Enterprise customer, can you install iOS 18 on a new device today? It appears that enterprises can delay upgrade to iOS 18 post-enrollment, but cannot roll back to or provision iOS 18 on new hardware.
- Signup for Apple Enterprise account with direct billing
- Buy one hardware device direct via Enterprise account
- Buy one MDM license for the hardware device
- Sign contract for support at $500/hr, no minimum commitment
- Get access to docs & tools for iOS 18 on new hardware (don't need support)
Apple Enterprise Developer account requires 100 employees minimum, but Apple Enterprise does not.
Because you will be paying the full unsubsidized rate for any support needed for features not available to the mass market.
Its like how IBM will gladly send a team of senior engineers to help enterprise clients resolve every last possible request.
Edit: As compared to mass market features, where the economics dont work unless they’re close to 100% certain most users wont require any costly support.