Why can't I gain search points for Microsoft Rewards anymore?

I have noticed something unusual with collecting point. I am a points hunter, I use the xbox app on my phone and get those points every day, I use the rewards app on my xbox and get all those points, I use the Bing app on my phone and "try" to get those points (sometimes the searches work, and the reading the NEWS points have never worked, the app just crashes), then the daily/weekly/monthly game pass points. I "cash in" points for a free month of Game Pass Ultimate, every 12 days or so, I am "paid up" for Game pass for well over a year in advance, strictly by using Microsoft points.

My son on the other hand, is a casual points collector, and cashes in points every once in a while for a free month of Game Pass. For him, there is no cool down period, he can collect the 90 points for doing searches every day, all in one go!

Are they throdeling the points collections and using cool down periods, for people that cash in points too quickly?

Unfortunately when you submit a support ticket for issues, you either get the run-a-round from Microsoft's "support" about the issue with no solution or you're ignored.

As mentioned in a reply above, if no rewards points are going to rewarded for reading articles and searches then there's no reason for most people to use the app.

Becoming a joke? Their products have ALWAYS been a joke. Every operating system released after Win98 have been a joke. And instead of Microsoft actually testing their products they rely on consumers to experience problems with their products and report the errors to be fixed. The same goes for their phones they tried to push out and the Xbox gaming consoles. Trash.