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In article <q4tdb9dc8incg0n5u...@4ax.com>, 
spallsh...@gmail.com says...
> 
> This early access bullshit needs to die, and fast. Essentially, you
> are paying for the privilege of being an employee by beta-testing (or
> even alpha-testing) the developer's software.  It's one thing if they
> allow access to the beta for free (in which point, you are still
> working for the employer, but you are getting paid by being allowed to
> see the game before anyone else), but this is just "double-dipping". 
> 
> 
> 

Could not agree more - and in fact I have said as much recently on the 
Kickstarter page for Wasteland 2. Having to pay for "early beta access" 
is just ... ridiculous, bizarre in my book. Once upon a time you had to 
show documentation skills and computing ability as well as submit your 
hardware specs when applying for beta testing, and vice versa you got 
extra software, gifts or even remuneration for testing --- documenting 
and putting in a fair few grinding hours to try and break the software 
and find bugs is not exactly unmitigated fun, if done properly ... these 
days they get some eager beaver impatient kids to do that for them, and 
pay for the privilege.
And instead of documented bug reports they get 'wishlists' and would 
yous and could yous submitted on their web forums.

{shakes head} double dipping, indeed. And lazy. It only works because 
there are usually one or three folk who really do put their nose to the 
grindstone regardless of being ripped off, and they probably never even 
get an honerable mention.

-P. 

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