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Microsoft guts Microsoft Rewards points, and its fans are outraged (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Microsoft guts Microsoft Rewards points, and its fans are outraged::Microsoft appears to be nickel-and-diming users and fans of its Microsoft Rewards program, which gives "frequent-flyer" points that can be traded in for gift cards.

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[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I remember using this (cheating a little bit with VPNs and proxies so I could claim the rewards like 20 times every day, because they are separate in every country) to get some Xbox giftcards

I also had ~15 Microsoft accounts and I put them all in a Microsoft family so I could transfer points from one account to another, it was really fun lol

[–] RagingInside@lemmy.world 90 points 11 months ago (3 children)

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, this is why systems that aren’t rigorously designed to preclude exploitation like this simply shouldn’t be released. If flaws like this exist in the system, they will be exploited. It’s not on the users if they exploited a flaw, even if you say “please don’t exploit the flaw”.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 3 points 11 months ago

There's a continuum between this kind of thing and, say, ransomware attacks. I'm not sure where the line should be drawn.

[–] Welt@lazysoci.al -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft Rewards isn't a "nice thing".

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Idk man I get free game pass every month and people much more patient than me have been able to get entire free consoles. I'd call that pretty nice

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

People like you are why normies can’t buy pax tickets. This isn’t simmering to be proud of, you should be ashamed of abusing a system.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For ones where they give you a code for a non-MS service (eg LoL or Overwatch tokens) couldn't you bot-farm this and then literally just sell the redemption code?

[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you actually started selling these, they would probably shut that down pretty quickly and maybe even sue you

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Obviously. Don't get caught.