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Re:Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environmen... by colejohnson66 on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @09:53AM (#27748550)
Valid concern, but bug bounties are a thing; It’s up to the developer to decide if the bug is worthy of a payout. Maybe make it so that if it crashes, and they provide a useful log (or steps), then you pay out.
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Re:Console Do Not Track – Proposal for a standard environmen... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:00AM (#27748655)
From what I know, bug bounties already have a spam problem. I definitely saw some devs in my circles complaining about people repeatedly sending garbage submissions in hopes of getting a payout.

What bug bounties also have is a big barrier to entry. You generally need to be at least marginally competent in software development, and do plenty of leg work, to make money with them. Turning regular crash reports into bug bounties removes that barrier, amplifying the spam problem.

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