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Microsoft accidentally leaks internal tool that can enable hidden Windows 11 features (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] 172 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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.

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  • [–] 52 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 33 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    So a bug bounty that pays significantly less

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years 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.

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