I'm pretty amused that you are downvoted here. I guess you phrased it too confrontationaly? or maybe something else. Hacker news is weird, sometimes. But ye

I'm pretty amused that you are downvoted here. I guess you phrased it too confrontationaly? or maybe something else. Hacker news is weird, sometimes. But yeah, affiliate marketing is... well, it's important to be aware of who is paying the people who write what you are reading, and that is usually way less clear with affiliate marketing than with conventional advertising.