This is true, but what the states are trying to do is patent nonsense. True: "[W]hat these states are trying to do is consider Amazon's independent affiliates

This is true, but what the states are trying to do is patent nonsense. True: "[W]hat these states are trying to do is consider Amazon's independent affiliates a physical presence for Amazon in that state." Also true: "[H]ow [a customer] found their way to Amazon and made their purchase isn't relevant." The problem: The two statements are directly at odds with each other.