iOS Alarm Temporary Snooze Lock

Good morning (or afternoon, or evening, depending on where you live). Today, yesterday, and the day before that were all late nights. My team and I are midway through a big final push before the holidays. Thankfully, we’ve gotten to the point where we’re organized enough that we can operate like a normal business and be closed for two weeks over the holidays. It’s an understatement to say I am very excited.

The back-to-back late nights are reminiscent of this summer, though I must say I have less gas in the tank than I did then. It’s caught up with me.

As I wake up every morning to my unrelenting alarm that I snooze at times, I wonder how to satirize or iterate upon Apple’s existing functionality. What if there was a feature where alarms were on and couldn’t be turned off for at least 5 minutes?

I can see a lot of people getting very angry and simply destroying their phones (or just switching to Android). Alternatively, people would find ways to soundproof their phones to get a few more minutes of sleep.

It’s amazing how tiny shifts to existing functionality can completely upend the user experience.

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