Last time I was looking, a year or so ago, I sent out dozens of applications and got zero interviews. Last time I switched jobs, in 2022, I sent out the same amount of applications and >50% led to one or more interviews (and eventually two offers).

That is not what ”innovate” means, you’re mixing it up with ”invent”. You could argue that they never invented anything, but not that they haven’t had, and continue to have, plenty of innovations the past decades.

Think every product that was one way, then Apple did it differently and suddenly every product on the market looked like theirs. That’s a long list of both hardware and software.

On the other hand, when was the last time any mass market tech product was _invented_ by that definition (something no one else has done before)? Most products are incremental improvements, even innovations are rare when it comes to mass market products.

Now you have n problems.

I think it’s a fine label. I have skill and interest in all of those areas. Some things requires specialists, most jobs out there don’t.

I just tried on my iPhone and it does not do that, there is no countdown. It will force a passcode and give you the option to call SOS, shut off your phone or show your medical id.

It's a setting (Settings > Emergency SOS). It used to be on by default and do a little siren sound before calling emergency services.

Personally, I just open the slide-to-turn-off phone screen instead (hold volume + side button for a couple seconds). Once that screen is loaded, it'll require a passcode to unlock after you cancel out.

I used to do that too, capitalizing the first letter and appending 1.

Use a splatter screen, in addition to an effective kitchen exhaust fan.

I think Apple Music (on iOS, on Mac it’s quite bad) is really good. But even if it wasn’t, I still would use it just for ratings and complex smart playlists.

The bean counters only understand (and measure) one of those well enough to try to control it.

I’m not following. The label is the entity that the artist chose to represent them. The labels do not pass on the money that they make during that representation. Who else should the artists blame, other than themselves for choosing poor representation (from only poor options)?

If you don't sign with a larger record label, it's harder to get good marketing, gigs and distribution (although some people make a decent go at it by grassrooting via social media). All the big labels operate in the same way, more or less like a cartel.