This kind of frustration, seems to just be part of the whole BETA is part of purchase transition. 15 years ago to be part of BETA's, ALPHAS...was not a normal thing by any means. You were selected by a small minority to have the chance to be a part of them.
Yep, there was a time that if you had beta experience with multiple releases of games and other software that you could even put it on your resume as an experienced QA position. Though, back then alpha/beta testing was more than just playing a game. You filled out numerous bug reports, applied various play scenarios requested by the developers and consistently communicated with them as an employee would.
These days, Alpha/Beta tester simply means random person who plays the game for an early peek. There is no requirement for report filing or any interaction with the developers because most of the data is being collected passively through their client logging applications.
