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But I thought that the whole point of it being a "Beta" was explicitly for testing.

Blocking untested combinations seems contrary to that goal.

Or I guess it's another example of how the word "Beta" has become marketing speak for "New!", with a side of "No Support!"



Beta is for testing things that are already ready for end-user testing.

There are phases of internal and more limited testing that need to precede the broader beta phase.

If you haven't finished those phases yet on other browsers, there's no point in jumping ahead to a public beta for them.


Sorry but have you ever developed software before? I’m sure you have. You’re just refusing to draw from your professional expertise. Rather, you’re drawing from the “uninformed member of the Apple hater peanut gallery” part of your brain.

You wouldn’t have given this a second of extra thought if it wasn’t done by a company you’ve obviously long-since decided that you hate for cultural reasons.




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