The 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

The 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.