the level of incompetence at microsoft, and I guess all established tech companies, is so staggering it baffles the mind that anyone ever believed in a meritocracy.

Alphabetically by Band, but each band release by release date.

I doubt it, netflix and warner have spent the last decade squandering every opportunity and obliterating any goodwill they might have had. Disney has just been the same baseline shitty it has since inception.