Indeed until now the bounties was not profitable, maybe only if the bull run will come the bounties will be profitable, but until then maybe the bounty hunters start to trade, and try to make a profit there.
It is about time, about time to say that market or bull run will not going to determine the profitability of ICOS and bounties nowadays, if they are fraudulent, then they are. We need to find and discover new profit on our own, we should stop and surrender wasting our time as our time will going to be our primary source of money.
Like trading, that's the new way to make money if one is fully dependent on bounty hunting, in times we always have an option as we don't know what would certainly happen to the market. We need to adopt to changes, and if we think bounty hunting is not anymore effective, finds ways to look for another opportunity even if it needs you to risk money, like in trading.