I never said anyone lied to or tricked anyone. I'm saying that "beta" is a term referring to pre-release testing. If people are paying for it, it's been released and is therefore no longer a beta.
Calling it a "beta" at that point is just pure PR.
> If people are paying for it, it's been released and is therefore no longer a beta.
no
You can define "beta" whatever weird way you want but don't complain when it's not how literally everyone else uses it and don't complain when you're paying for something that uses the term the way everyone else does
My "weird way" is old-school, I admit, but it's not weird. It used to be mainstream. Google led the charge to deprive "beta" of actual meaning. I won't stop pushing back on it, because the redefinition makes it more difficult to talk about technical issues.
> don't complain when you're paying for something that uses the term the way everyone else does
I won't, because I won't pay to be a beta tester in the first place. I don't care what others do.
No one lied to you. No one tricked you. It is in beta. You chose to pay for it.