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by p_ing 463 days ago
Windows beta testing has worked this way for 30 years, if not longer. I was a 'public' Windows 98SE beta tester. I downloaded new 98SE ISOs over 56k once per week and wiped that machine clean once per week.

The only compensation I ever got was from beta testing DirectX 5?, I think, and I received a MS Force Feedback Pro joystick for filing the most bugs.