Newbies don't care about finding bugs. They expect the app to work in mainnet (ideally testnet too). The issue is that most of the time apps fail, and users feel they did something wrong, when instead it is not the case.

Testnet LN network is not comparable, I know. However, I continue saying it is useful for learning purposes.

For a dev testnet yes is useful, in the initial phase of developing.
But as a user tester it doesn-t make too much sense,. mostly because you MUST test LN mechanisms in real use case to find real bugs.

DarthCoin

app dev is not paying attention or even not helping me to recover

Agree, that sucks. Not considering user feedback has a price. I think we have seen the consequences of it in both cases.

Not everyone can afford losing precious sats. I continue seeing testnets as a great educational tool to increase newbies' confidence in dealing with both on-chain and LN wallets. I wish there were more LN wallets plugged into testnet networks.

Design

lightning

Best example of UX and UI in wallets

deSign_r

> app dev is not paying attention or even not helping me to recover

Agree, that sucks. Not considering user feedback has a price. I think we have seen the consequences of it in both cases.

> I consider testnet useless.

Not everyone can afford losing precious sats. I continue seeing testnets as a great educational tool to increase newbies' confidence in dealing with both on-chain and LN wallets. I wish there were more LN wallets plugged into testnet networks.