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Originally Posted by ApK
Whenever someone has a financial interest in recommending something, their motives become suspect. Salesmen who DON'T work on commission usually tout that fact because it makes people feel like they are being more honest.
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This is why I disclose in a review if I received the product for free.
Affiliate links are not reviews or endorsements, though. They can be
accompanied by endorsements, but I haven't seen, say, Arcadata saying "buy this book, it's awesome". Just "hey, it's on sale here". That's not a recommendation.
And, as Catlady said, this would be fixed with a "say if the link is an affiliate one" rule instead of this "one thread to rule them all" implementation.
