I heard folks here used MDM to give themselves more control over Apple security features that they otherwise don’t. This code example and scenario penalizes them by side effect
That's fine, there's no enforcement suggested though, maybe they get a popup asking about licenses, not necessarily a brick.
This happens in a lot of software in the Windows world, too. As soon as you run it on a non-Home SKU you’re suddenly The Enterprise, even as a home-gamer.
much like https://sso.tax/ , if you need enterprisey features... someone thinks you can pay for it.