Why has MicroSoft Rewards daily points gone down to 195 daily instead of 210?

I took to tracking the numbers daily, and within the last 3 weeks I observed the following in Australia:

• Microsoft has definitely reduced the maximum points available in Aus, as noted from 210 to 195 including the daily set; however
• The Search on Bing section rarely has anything in it anymore, apart from the 2 point quizzes which at its height were worth 10 points, where there used to be between 30 and 50 points available in there;
• Average daily total increase in points has reduced from around 250 per day to 210 per day - a reduction of just under 20% (my numbers only, ymmv).

I'd love to see some commentary around what's available in the US and whether they are being treated with the same malice. The daily search points alone across mobile and desktop used to be 250 in the US, which if still accurate is now considerably more than the total amount of daily points available in Australia across all tasks including news articles, quizzes and the daily sets. It would also be interesting to hear the actual reasoning behind the changes, short of the canned "from time to time we may add or remove (read, remove then remove more)..."

Oh look, they nerfed the jigsaw from 1000 points to 500, when I am 1 piece away and 1000 away from the goal for what I've saved for. Second time I've been nerfed 1 short, last time was the 2000 for the old console bonus and they canned the entire thing in the week I was due to get it (might have even been the day before). Merry Christmas indeed Microsoft

Damn. I just noticed this in the Bing app. 🤨

Van is not even a real person. It is an AI Chatbot.

I took to tracking the numbers daily, and within the last 3 weeks I observed the following in Australia:

• Microsoft has definitely reduced the maximum points available in Aus, as noted from 210 to 195 including the daily set; however
• The Search on Bing section rarely has anything in it anymore, apart from the 2 point quizzes which at its height were worth 10 points, where there used to be between 30 and 50 points available in there;
• Average daily total increase in points has reduced from around 250 per day to 210 per day - a reduction of just under 20% (my numbers only, ymmv).

I'd love to see some commentary around what's available in the US and whether they are being treated with the same malice. The daily search points alone across mobile and desktop used to be 250 in the US, which if still accurate is now considerably more than the total amount of daily points available in Australia across all tasks including news articles, quizzes and the daily sets. It would also be interesting to hear the actual reasoning behind the changes, short of the canned "from time to time we may add or remove (read, remove then remove more)..."

Great summary.

Would also add in the dropping of the achievement rewards, the 1000/500/100 streak rewards, the lowered PC/console/mobile rewards. You will get the notifications of award conditions being met, but get an "oops, something went wrong" if you go to claim the reward - is the system broken OR do they enjoy profiling people?

Australia does not matter to M$, and if you dare question the regional restrictions you will have your account blocked.