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I'd have the app but not being of the "got to have the very latest version" generation, my (perfectly serviceable) 5-year old Android phone won't even show it in the app store. For all the millions spent on it, they're excluding millions more people, many of whom will fall into the "higher risk" categories.
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That's exactly my problem with Android. I've stopped buying Android devices at 6.0 after getting burnt repeatedly with promises of upgradability. It hasn't happened once, and I own 4 Android-based tablets. You know what they say about repeating the same thing and expecting a different outcome. In the end, it's my money that's being wasted, and this sheep has had enough.
My dad bought an Android phone (heck of an upgrade from his previous flip-phone) after buying a new SUV in part because there's an app for it that can display all sorts of things, including remote start. The phone (brand new) came with Android 9, and the manufacturer's vehicle app crashes repeatedly right after showing its splash screen. I suspect they've never bothered testing with his particular phone model. But then, I don't know what hardware dependency it might be looking for. It should all be software-upgradable IMO, if only they bothered.
I'm of the belief that everything based around Android becomes abandonware in no time. Given how quickly Google abandons all sorts of projects, I'm not surprised...as a result, as a developer, it's NOT a platform I want to support.
Say what you will about the Windows Phone - mine kept receiving regular updates years after the pundits declared it dead.
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I think the article says "Executives" get paid that much and regular consultants get paid a fraction of that. Which is not entirely out of the norm for Executives to make 1+ million pounds/dollars a year for anything.
The slightly elevated salary is par for the course where demand outweighs supply, and no one cares about quality.
Being a Capitalist myself, this does not offend me or startle me in the slightest.
modified 15-Oct-20 7:48am.
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Well, it's supposed to be World Beating!
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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We had our fair share too here in Sweden with them [Boston Elephanting Group]
Consultants with a high hourly fee could invoice, by explicit contract, 15 hours daily, regardless of the number of hours spent.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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This would not fly here in the States for government contracts, as the the bucket of money is not overflowing as in the private sectors.
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Modern Capitalism at its finest!!!!!
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Democracy only works with well informed voters. No country has those; it's a popularity contest and a show.
5teveH wrote: I don't know what's more depressing: the stupidity of the Government or the greed of the huge companies creaming it in during a world-wide crisis.
So, you new to this planet?
Government wants to keep paid. Companies go for max profit.
Nothing new there. The costs don't matter either. It's called evolution.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Quick operation left one opening! (11)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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If so, I'd open the door, if I was you - it might be important!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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LAPAROSCOPY
a.k.a. keyhole surgery
I had a laparascopic bilateral inguinal hernia repair a couple of years ago. That required three, not one, keyholes but after six months the scars were virtually invisible, and now even I can't find them. (Each about 1cm long). Very clever stuff.
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Very clever indeed!
But not the right answer. 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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MULTIPLYING
Quick operation - shift (as in register shift)
Left
Multiplies register contents (by 2) leaving the "ones" column "open"??
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Just seen Sandeep's (better) answer!
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Times up so wouldn't count. Is it - OPPORTUNITY?
OP - PORT - UNITY
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It was - see above!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Netscape is a company, and maybe you could target a missile strike at their headquarters?
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Netscape ISP Homepage[^]
Wow, it is still a thing.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Shudder. just just No.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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