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I worked on the Twitter iOS app. Can confirm my kid isn’t allowed a phone until they’re a teen. Once they get one, I’ll be spending hours figuring out how to MDM brick the thing so they can’t get anywhere near social media.

Having said that, I’m still an app dev (personal finance & budgeting) and I’m excited to onboard my kid into that world.



Apple Configurator.app

You can set the phone to only run an approved list of apps (like Phone and Messages, and that’s it, no App Store)


I have a notion that home mdm plus network controls is necessary (and using mdm to ensure vpn thru the latter).

iOS controls have worked well enough so far but the school chromebooks have nada.


Can you expand on it?

Screentime control are absolutely lackluster


Hopefully with some future update. You are totally right - badly needed thing




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