scarywood75
Research Enthusiast
The system would work anyway, but less tests would be done I think.The system doesn’t work without it. sadly, like it or not, people are generally driven by self-interest (including vendors, which was the topic at hand).
Enabling access to testing for $10-$15 is a pretty big social good, I’d argue, even if it means those tests aren’t given out freely. The alternative is that those tests never get done at all.
Some people that paid the testers before may still continue to do so as a thanks and some testers may still continue to do and release tests even if they get less in return.
But doing it publicly would encourage others to follow the same path and will show how important it's to test by doing it.