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Hey, thanks, Wynona...;) Sean, Shawn, Brink, John, eh? --I keep confusing them for some reason...;) In a good way, of course! I'm like you--we constantly run into posts where folks seem to think these beta/buggy Insider releases are commercial releases for prime time--I think all of us have seen this going on for years! I'm with you--some folks who are in might be better served by chilling out, taking a break, dropping back to the slow ring for a change of pace--doing their thing with applications and games, and then coming back to the fast lane when the bug hits them again ("bug" literally & metaphorically!)
First, this is not a "fight", or anything...;) My main comment is that much of what people "think" is locked down in Windows isn't really locked down at all--it's just not overly obvious--that's why I wanted to point out one of the purposes of John's terrific site here--all those quality tutorials he puts together that often offer multiple ways to go about doing what people want to do, etc. I agree that changing permissions can be a complicated affair at times and in certain situations--but it can be done--and much of the reason it is convoluted is because of the "security" aspect of it, and so on. But there is a way to do it, most assuredly.
Also, I have an easy answer to your question, "if Microsoft cared nothing for its customers, how can you explain the existence of the Insider's program and the report hub?" It's simple. Mostly it's to keep M$ in a good light for public opinion. Politics!
Yes, but why pay all of these people to keep writing all of this code if it's just politics Microsoft is after? If you'll notice, most of the features they implement and fix and so on are at *customer* request. For politics' sake, Microsoft is sure wasting a lot of time and money doing it this way...;)
See--you admit they are soliciting opinion/preferences from millions of people--yet you do not think they are listening to any of it. You might want to think about that again...;) If so, it's a terrific waste of time, eh?But even more than that, M$ wants millions of people to give them valuable feedback (On their agenda items ONLY), as the wider the test group, the more pure the results. In return, they use the politics of making you think your opinion matters, with the Hub. But if you pay attention to the empirical history of the Hub, they NEVER fix 90% of the things people are complaining about, because those things don't fall within their agenda.
Also, you might be making the mistake of thinking that each new build only addresses the list of bugs Microsoft releases as "fixed" each build. That's a big mistake--indeed, they have fixed every issue I have brought to their attention through the hub--every one--even compatibility with an old game I asked about--and not a single one of those bug fixes was listed in their "fixed" list. Each build fixes far, far more bugs than they describe in those fixed lists! Isn't that obvious? They may not fix your hub-reported bug right away, but if it is an actual bug, they will fix it if you report it. I reported my game-compatibility problem to them at least five times and finally it was fixed!
Lots of times, too, the problem with what "people report" as "bugs" is that they are not "bugs" at all...;) The person simply has misunderstood something fundamental, doesn't know how the function works, etc. and etc. Of course they are going to ignore bug reports that aren't bugs....;) Wouldn't you? I would!
Now, I must depart to install the next build that WU is now bugging me about, 18317!...;)