Nobody is telling you not to apply. The advise here is to keep your money as this isn’t going anywhere by the looks of it. Things were amazing in the last two years and it looks like everything stopped now.
I also waited 6 years to gain employment due to economic situation and recession.
And nobody has a toxic attitude here. Its the reality that you will only experience when you get the job! All the newbies unfortunately think aviation is all doom and gloom miss sold by flightschools taking advantage out of cadets by charging a small fortune, and insta famous people who portray this to be a haven of a job.
Its a race to the bottom unfortunately, new pilots accepting horrible T&Cs just to get that first job, which is clearly visible by the attitude displayed here during this worldwide crisis.
Seen it too many times, me me me, only to come here later on to complain...