Fanu wrote:Beta testing is always free…a free-time activity for those usually interested in the product and its betterment.
The "pay" you get is the new features before others.
So yeah, unpaid work(/fun) – only go for it if you *want* to do it…it's not like they're forcing anyone to do free work.
Been beta and alpha testing Ableton Live for years because I love the product and the company.
Uhhhhh you're beta testing for the wrong companies. In the 20+ years that I've been beta testing software, I'm
always offered incentives to test. My time 'aint free - no one's time should be free, IMHO.
I understand that testers are offered a preview of things to come and to play with it, but that's
work. That's valuable time I could be spending getting real work done or spending time with friends and family.
Why do that for free?
I rarely agree with CharlesRandolph because he's wrong most of the time

, but this - THIS I agree with. Don't beta test for free.