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 we

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.