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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)

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

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

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

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.

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