Why am I not getting rewards points for searches anymore?

This is getting worse.

I've just done ~10 searches & got 3 points (for the 3rd or 4th one) & the displays of points don't match.

The dropdown shows 0, the search page shows 3 & my rewards page shows 000s.

MS support said 'be sure you aren't using an algorithm or sth to cheat' ****? You've changed how it works & I'm cheating? Really?

I use this as I get something back goog_e is just 100% on the make & is known to skew results for $$, so I'll ditch this if it doesn't improve & duckduckgo will get all the searches...

At a time when MS stock is apparently at a record high this is disgusting.

I've been noticing things breaking with Microsoft Rewards for a while now. They pulled the 1000 bonus points puzzle, before I got to finish it, and replaced it with a prediction game that has never worked for me. I've seen similar complaints here on MS Community, and other places as well.

I guess with all the tech layoffs, and MS putting all its eggs in the AI basket, whoever was in charge of quality control for Microsoft Rewards was let go.

dang apparently they nerfed it and added a time limit between searches. guess i'll have to go back to paying for battle pass now cause no one uses bing for anything but stacking points, and now that they're making it harder to acquire, they can get the boot.

They only reward us for 3 searches every 15 minutes now. With 20 mobile searches and 30 desktop at 12 searches an hour it will take over 4 hours of constantly going to a screen. It’s definitely not worth it anymore.

It doesn't matter how long I wait to "search" I am not earning points for searches. Once I redeem my points for a gift card, if that even works, I am done with Bing.