You should like part of the reason they gutted the thing, then.
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netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 year ago
netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I stopped doing this a few years ago but the system was flawed from the ground up. The fact that they did nothing to this kind of abuse it mind-boggling. No one actually used this the way it was intended to be used.
BallsInTheShredder@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But they did do something eventually lol
grayman@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 year 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 1 year ago
If you actually started selling these, they would probably shut that down pretty quickly and maybe even sue you
Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Obviously. Don’t get caught.
RagingInside@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is why we can’t have nice things.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 year ago
I mean in their defense, fuck Microsoft with a rusty nail, and this system was basically designed for exploitation.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
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 1 year 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 year ago
Microsoft Rewards isn’t a “nice thing”.
DesolateMood@lemm.ee 1 year 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