Some other responses to my parent comment have validity: It was a quippy comment I made. At the time I made it, there were only a few other comments. A few o

Some other responses to my parent comment have validity: It was a quippy comment I made. At the time I made it, there were only a few other comments. A few of which reflected on the likes of e.g. the impact upon Wirecutter. I actually like Wirecutter; I've found their articles useful, and I've used their affiliate links a few times. As I have also done with e.g. camelcamelcamel. They add value, for me, and I try to reciprocate. Unfortunately, they and others are at the mercy of Amazon. And, I think many here will agree, Amazon basically has no mercy. You're fine and good, until they see a way to expand their own profit at your expense. You are only "tolerated" as a business partner -- never embraced. Nor, perhaps, even respected. Per some other replies to my parent comment, sure, go ahead and make some side money off of affiliate links. But I would never rely on them for my well-being. Even if they represented the bulk of my income for a while, I'd want to have an immediately actionable exit-plan at hand. And... somewhat akin to Amazon Prime, which I've renewed with increasing reluctance: I am coming to resent Amazon's all-embracing tentacles more and more because they choke off competition that might actually offer better value-added. Such as Wirecutter and the like. And, Wednesday, another Amazon Prime package did not get to me on its emailed delivery date. I increasingly don't trust Amazon with the monopoly they already have; once "locked in", it seems they feel they can let their side of the deliverables slip.