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Why was this submitted at all? There are affiliate links to Amazon, for the "recommended" products.
by pravda 11y ago
Why was this submitted at all? There are affiliate links to Amazon, for the "recommended" products.
- ars 11y ago> There are affiliate links to Amazon, for the "recommended" products. And? Is that bad or something?
- mmanfrin 11y agoThe Wirecutter as shown (to me, at least) that it can be impartial in its judgement of goods. To retain this impartiality, they don't run ads -- they do however link with affiliate links. The saving grace, however, is that most products among a category are sold at Amazon, so the comparison among them should not be affected at all. I as a reader don't feel their decision on quality is at all influenced by what is on or not on sites with affiliate payouts.
- Someone1234 11y agoIsn't that true with any site showing ads? If someone clicks the ad the site owner gets paid. Same here. I am not commenting either way on this authors partiality, just simply pointing out that the logic is flawed regardless.