Well said:

And released software โ€” particularly released software that is available for sale โ€” is open for criticism.

In what way does Disco, or any other app that is labeled โ€œbetaโ€ but is available for sale to the public, deserve to be cut any critical slack?

I've ranted elsewhere about this sort of thing -- where the genre tells us that criticism is not acceptable in that forum -- but let's at least admit that we, the audience, are/is getting snowed, even if the snowing doens't work.

The "beta" action, especially the pay-to-play beta of MS's office recently, is absolutely out of control. (Speaking of, is Furthurnet.org ever coming out of beta?!)