Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
You are moving the goalposts. You wrote: "We don't even know if anyone receives the bounty."

By spending 10 seconds doing a web search and copying a link, I provided evidence that at least one person has received a bounty (unless that person and Apple are lying). That evidence showed people have received a bounty. Apple said, "multiple individual reports earning $500,000 rewards". So unless you have evidence that Apple is lying, how about you stop trying to unfairly stick it to Apple just because you don't like them for whatever reason?
Microsoft has a bounty program as well. You going to stick up for them too?
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.