MyPoints – Cannot redeem points

Mypoints used to have a very user-friendly method to "earn money" for providing opinions about various products. Then without warning, the method of redemption was changed to requirement to use a specific brand-type of cell phone to obtain a "verification code". This code then must be entered in to the mypoints program redemption screen to release any money or any other rewards that was "earned" by the survey-taker. Not even email verification like so many other programs use without prolems! So much for having a "fun side gig" that provided a little extra money to be able to use for something fun that a person might not normally buy. The point — mypoints now expects people to provide opinions for free, and those who expected some type of monetary acknowledgement of their efforts are being blocked. Only if you own a cell phone that appears to have affiliation with at&t (some users have posted inability to access the "verification code" site via other brands of cell phones).