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[โ€“] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I would expect a massive nerf/devaluation of rewards if there's no poor people getting exploited.

I say this as someone who pays for all his family vacations almost entirely with points. About every year and a half. This time was Texas for the eclipse. Before that it was Disney world for my kids 5th birthday. Before that was COVID times and I used my points to buy hardwood floors that I installed throughout my house. Before that it was SC for the eclipse.

[โ€“] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

While I do feel a sense of involvement in their exploitation by being a part of this system, I'm not going to feel bad for anyone who can't follow the simple rules of the game.

Where's the line between exploitation and personal fault? I can't expect everyone who's ever owned a credit card to have been put in the same situation where it's the only way. For all I know, my last reward points trickled down from some asshat who financed a car on unemployment.