Offering beta versions of your software to your general users is equivalent to saying, “I mean, like, it couldn’t be worse than what we already gave you, right?” Betas should be for a selected audience who’s feedback you listen to closely and for whom you plan to respond with alacrity. You should regard quality gaps as your problem, not “Well, we never said it was perfect.” Personally, I use betas only on test devices for specific testing, never for general use.

@bondolo

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