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Microsoft Unhappy With Beta Testers, Demands Answers (computerworld.com)
Freshly Exhumed writes: Microsoft has mandated that the feedback functionality built into Windows Insider Preview beta be switched on -- a change from earlier when testers could block questions from the company about what users thought of specific features. Starting with Build 14271 and newer, the frequency in which Windows 10 will ask for your feedback will be locked to 'Automatically (Recommended)' in the Settings app. This would seem to disrupt what has traditionally been seen as a tacit understanding between corporations and their beta testers/sandboxers in that the latter would volunteer their time, effort, CPU cycles, possible hardware failures/breakage, and more as part of a bargain to receive feedback or to test fly the beta OS with internal software environments in private. Microsoft would now seem to be altering that relationship.
Microsoft would now seem to be altering that relationship.
Pray that they don't alter it any further.
"Freedom in the USA is not the ability to do what you want. It is the ability to stop others from doing what THEY want"
Over the years: 1 mobo, 1 hard drive, 2 graphics cards, 1 monitor all due to betta testing NT4.0
Bettas are notoriously aggressive. Although it was probably the water that killed your hardware.
Don't waste your vote! Vote for whoever you want, unless you live in a swing state it won't matter anyways
"I am altering the deal . . . pray that I don't alter it any further" has nothing to do with praying to the Abrahamic Deity.
It has more to do with telling Microsoft that their "sad devotion to that ancient religion has not conjured up" a stable release of Windows 10.
If you don't participate in the beta test the right way Microsoft will "find your lack of faith . . . disturbing" and start choking you over an open port on your PC . . .
"Microsoft makes software available for beta testers who want to help Microsoft debug/improve their software... This is called 'Beta Testing'."
Althing in the game industry they call it "Release Edition"
I cannot believe FP was not "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."
WTF is slashdot coming to?
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
excuse me? a microsoft employee showed up here at the house and held a gun to my head until I clicked YES on the "install free upgrade to windows 10" popup.
he then took my first born and said, "if you ever want to see your child again, do NOT revert back to windows 7."
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.