• @malloc
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    1711 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
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      521 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
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        331 year ago

        So a bug bounty that pays significantly less

        • @nrezcm
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          231 year ago

          Cant put a price on a badge though!

          • @Streetdog
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            10 months ago

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    • @dotMonkey
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      01 year ago

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

      • @grue
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        121 year ago

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

        • @blue_zephyr
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          121 year ago

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

        • @[email protected]
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          61 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
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            01 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
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              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.

        • @elscallr
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          01 year ago

          It’s not exploitation if people want to do it