There are no benefits to being a MS Partner

I agree with your post, why bother? I am barely still a Partner, when they changed the complexion of the Partner Action Pack subscription to one of several options costing from $397 to well over $8k, it was a slap in the face to long time supporters and subscribers. It appears that the days of providing products to the small IT support business is gone! More money, less meaningful products and no service support. They are driving the partners to their cloud products to sell and get no support on questions regarding on prem support unless you purchased their top tier of products. I listened to the YouTube Microsoft roll out of the new Partner program and it was someone's fantasy idea of what they tell us we need!