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Microsoft guts Microsoft Rewards points, and its fans are outraged (www.pcworld.com)
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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 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 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 102 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is why we can't have nice things.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Microsoft Rewards isn't a "nice thing".

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years 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

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You sound like part of the reason they gutted the thing, then.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

They're giving out made up points and then letting you trade them for copies of digital files. They're not really losing much.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 -2 points 2 years 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 4 points 2 years ago

Obviously. Don't get caught.