The last thing Apple is going to do is put a bad taste in the mouths of it's most obedient golden geese. Apple stock would probably halve if kids stopped socially shaming each other into buying iPhones.

There is a potential clash here between control and privacy.

A few years ago Apple blocked[1] some parental control apps because "they put users’ privacy and security at risk"

This actually came up with our school. They tried to use an app to control student phones but it was fundamentally limited by these Apple restrictions.

[1] https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2019/04/the-facts-about-pa...

The side effect may be that kids start asking for Android phones which would be the exact opposite of what Apple wants

First thing I would do is to wonder how I could enforce that ... for fun and games on others.

And really if we're talking about having to enroll a device into some sort of managed device system, schools don't have the time or manpower to manage tracking every kid's phone that is in the school.

And if we're talking about something you don't actively choose to enroll, we're back to my fun and games.