"Again, I don't know if it's an unreasonable thing or not."
I was asking you ... not asking if you think it's reasonable for Apple.
"It's certainly not an engineering to show a reminder."
My missing word was hurdle ,,, and there are several ... and if Apple decided today to implement my feature request it would quite reasonable that it not be introduced in years...maybe several.
It's certainly low priority ... how many people suffer this?... I'll guess 1/100k?
Lets even say it was high priority ... I'm going to guess 1-2 years to show up ... there's manpower, testing, timing, etc. It's not a bug fix.
Consider:
"Apple took approximately 2.5 years to develop the first iPhone. The development began in 2004 under the internal project codename "Project Purple", and the device was unveiled by Steve Jobs in January 2007, with the official release in June 2007.
Team Size:
- Initially, the iPhone project started with a small core team of around 30 people, led by Tony Fadell (head of iPod division), Scott Forstall (responsible for software), and Jony Ive (responsible for design).
- Over time, as the project progressed, the team expanded to about 1,000 people, including engineers, designers, and developers working on both hardware and software aspects of the phone.
The project was highly secretive, and even many Apple employees did not know about it until the iPhone was unveiled publicly. It was one of Apple's most ambitious projects, requiring innovation in user interface design, touchscreens, and mobile software development." - ChatGPT