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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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[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

Let's make a replacement program for Free software. The more points you get, the more Free software you can install.

[-] kurwa@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

That makes the software not free though 😥

[-] darelik@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

It's not free, it's Free^TM

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's impossible because my time is worthless.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

The points are measured in gigabytes of storage on your hard drive

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