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Quartermaster - a native iOS app to control your *arr stack (beta, looking for testers) (qmstack.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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[–] 14 points 4 months ago (8 children)

this is 100% free

It's a paid closed-source app

I am not asking for participance

I am looking for beta testers

You are asking people to QA a commercial product for you. Are you paying them? This is a job advertisement.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    You are asking people to QA a commercial product for you. Are you paying them? This is a job advertisement.

    I beta test things all the time that otherwise are paid commercial products. I do a lot of beta testing for BetaBound. In fact, I was one of the fortunate ones to beta test the roku when it first started. This is not unusual, to ask people that are willing, to beta test a product. Currently I am beta testing a 'rumba' type floor sweeper. Can't go into details because of non-disclosure. Usually, after the beta test is over, you are allowed to keep the product.

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  • [–] [S] -4 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    It's free to test, and nobody's obligated to anything, it's entirely down to people who actually want to. Beta testers get the full app and all the Pro features for free, during the beta and after as a thank you. That's just how beta testing works, people who run this stack and are curious get early access and help shape it, and they get the paid product for nothing in return.

    Calling that a job advert is a stretch. It's an optional beta with a free product attached, not unpaid labour. If it's not for you, no worries, just scroll past

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    and they get the paid product for nothing in return.

    Ding! So, to answer @Mordikan@kbin.earth 's question, yes....the beta tester is being paid. This is how beta testing works.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Self-Hosted isn't a job board, though. If you're going to post job listings, there are better places to do that.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago* (3 children)
    • Do c/selfhosted members run the *arr stack? Yes, probably the vast majority of them.
    • Does OP have a product that integrates with the *arr stack? Yes.
    • Is OP asking you to buy his product. No. He's asking you, if you are interested, to beta test a product, and in the end your reward is to keep the product you helped beta test.

    This is not an outlandish or usual scenario.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    to freely test his product he then intends to sell.

    thats free labour. charge for your product? pay your testers. pretty damn simple.

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