Exactly. I know not everyone will care about the bright dust and levels but if you do just think about it like this: every essence of dawning you have is one bright dust if you do this. Over the course of the event that could be thousands of bright dust virtually for free.
I got a good amount too but I just like the cushioning tbh. I use a lot of it per season in general. But if you don’t need the dust or the XP then it’s really no big deal for you. It does give 1 essence of dawning back every bounty though, so you get an extra cookie for every ten you bake. It can add up, but I get many players would rather just spam one cookie and call it a day.