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[-] malloc@lemmy.world 170 points 1 year ago

The bug bash quests can be found in the Windows Feedback Hub, and partaking in the bug bash often concludes with a badge in the Feedback Hub that acknowledges your participation.

Imagine doing free QA for a multibillion dollar corporation. I hate Microsoft so much.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

No one is forcing you. Actually, you need to jump through many hoops to get into the program. And Microsoft tends to pay nice rewards to people who find critical issues.

[-] darelik@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

So a bug bounty that pays significantly less

[-] nrezcm@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Cant put a price on a badge though!

[-] Dr_Cog@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

I think that might be the problem

[-] Streetdog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If I get that badge, can I hide it? (On 𝕏 I can)

[-] traveler01@lemdro.id 18 points 1 year ago

If you’re curious and always eager to get new features what’s the problem. You fulfil your curiosity and give some feedback to the company,

[-] dotMonkey@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Can't blame them if people after willing to do it

[-] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Watch me. Exploiting people is wrong, even if they're idiots.

[-] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Calm down, no one's getting exploited. Many people like trying out new features that aren't available yet for stable releases.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago

Nobody's being forced into it, you can just decide not to do it. There's no risk or reward for doing so other than because you want to. There's no power imbalance. It's just users deciding they want to do it. It's not exploitation, haha

[-] grue@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

At best, these people are scabs taking away QA jobs by working for free. If we were talking about a community-driven Free Software project it'd be different, but doing that kind of unpaid labor for a for-profit corporation is toxic and harmful in a systemic way that goes beyond personal choice.

[-] beetus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Be me. Like a thing. Find issues with thing. Share those issues with the devs. Dopamine. Find better avenue for sharing issues. Do issue finding in my spare time with my own free will. Get shamed on internet for doing my own thing.

Yeah ok.

[-] victron@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

"Exploiting" lol

[-] elscallr@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It's not exploitation if people want to do it

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