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Am I helping?

fezzzer

fezzzer

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Jun 13, 2013
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I am running iOS 7 beta, but I am not a developer. Despite this fact, I consider myself a power user, and I'm sure there are many others in this position. I am reporting bugs as I notice them to Apple.

Does my 'Diagnostic and usage' information contribute anything to help towards the final product ie is the information actually useful?

Ps I should point out that I have paid the £60 fee to Apple therefore I am using the beta legally.
 
fezzzer said:
I am running iOS 7 beta, but I am not a developer. Despite this fact, I consider myself a power user, and I'm sure there are many others in this position. I am reporting bugs as I notice them to Apple.

Does my 'Diagnostic and usage' information contribute anything to help towards the final product ie is the information actually useful?

Ps I should point out that I have paid the £60 fee to Apple therefore I am using the beta legally.
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Yes, you are.
 
If you have paid the fee and joined the developer program, can't you log in to the developer's site and submit bugs/feedback?
 
blueroom said:
Apple released it for developers to test their software on. Nothing more.
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Nothing more? So by them using our usage and crash logs, and us submitting bugs won't count for anything is that what you are suggesting?
 
blueroom said:
Apple released it for developers to test their software on. Nothing more.
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They also want bug reports submitted.

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fezzzer said:
I am running iOS 7 beta, but I am not a developer. Despite this fact, I consider myself a power user, and I'm sure there are many others in this position. I am reporting bugs as I notice them to Apple.

Does my 'Diagnostic and usage' information contribute anything to help towards the final product ie is the information actually useful?

Ps I should point out that I have paid the £60 fee to Apple therefore I am using the beta legally.
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Yes, you are helping. Make sure that you submit bugs through the Apple bug reporter. Make sure they are actual bugs, not complaints about how you dislike something.
 
I've seen a lot of negative reaction towards non developers using the beta (granted many are not 'legal) and I was just wondering if those of us that are in a similar position to me who are using the beta were actually helping contribute towards a more 'finished' OS.
 
fezzzer said:
I've seen a lot of negative reaction towards non developers using the beta (granted many are not 'legal) and I was just wondering if those of us that are in a similar position to me who are using the beta were actually helping contribute towards a more 'finished' OS.
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All of your bug reports are contributing overall to fixing the problems.
 
fezzzer said:
I've seen a lot of negative reaction towards non developers using the beta (granted many are not 'legal) and I was just wondering if those of us that are in a similar position to me who are using the beta were actually helping contribute towards a more 'finished' OS.
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I suspect Apple gets more "help" from those who actually file reports than from their automatic diagnostic system. File reports at https://bugreport.apple.com, you just need an Apple ID.

Here is an interesting article about those who just pay $99 to play with a beta.
http://www.tuaw.com/2013/06/13/psa-if-youre-not-a-developer-dont-install-developer-betas-on/
 
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