encourages, but doesn’t require. My work phone is an iPhone 14 that I only use for Slack notifications & to check the next day’s schedule when I don’t want to bother opening their laptop.
A “carry” or “live on” device doesn’t have to be used for personal email and messages. It should just be used for more real-world non-test workloads. The lessons of only testing iPhone 4 in stealth cases hasn’t been forgottten.
I do agree that Apple likes to have it both ways, though.
if you're who i suspect you are, then you're being wholly disingenuous because you're not a dev. for a dev there is much more pressure.
Edited to add that I think EPMs are under more pressure to be Apple cheerleader than engineers.