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I’ve submitted bug reports about proprietary products because I want them to get better. How is this different? Or is that exploitative too?
by osteele 9y ago
I’ve submitted bug reports about proprietary products because I want them to get better. How is this different? Or is that exploitative too?
- jjeaff 9y agoBug reports are a little different than the product itself. I guess my take is that yes, if you needed it fixed because you are using it, then it makes sense. But in the case of documentation, by the time I figured things out and see that the documentation is wrong, I no longer need the docs and I know what to do.
- osteele 9y agoDocumenting something you've just figured out, for other's benefit if not your own, is a pay-it-forward (or golden rule, or reciprocal altruism) approach: behave such that if other people behaved likewise, you would benefit.