Unless I've been reading absolute bullshit my entire life... The BBB is and always has been a literal "you give BBB money, we give you good rating - no money,

Unless I've been reading absolute bullshit my entire life... The BBB is and always has been a literal "you give BBB money, we give you good rating - no money, no rating/bad rating" They had good enough PR that they made themselves look like an official government/whatever else trustable entity... They're literally just a private business with a name that was good enough to fool people into thinking they're legit/worth something. Can somebody correct me on this? Am I crazy?