Making $1 million from affiliate links on "Ad-Free" blog
I don't get this at all.<p>So she has a site full of affiliate links because (holy crap) she wants to make some cash. Is OP mad about this? If so, meh, get a life.<p>So she says her site is 100% ad free. It is. Affiliate links aren't "ads" in any definition a reader would have unless it is somehow immoral to make a living.<p>So she asks for donations in order to keep ads off her site while at the same time employing affiliate links. I missed the part where there is a law about having multiple sources of income, and so did the company you most likely work for. Would you be happier if she put this entire thing behind a paywall?<p>I really don't understand the logic behind the critique. She provides a service, if you like the service, you get to consume it <i>completely without payment</i>. Now you're bitching because you've found out that she has found a way to continue to offer this service to you <i>for free</i>?<p>The beauty about "reviews" is that if you don't like them - for whatever reason - you stop listening. It's irrelevant whether the person is paid or not for a favourable review if you actually like the end product and agree with the review!<p>The entire idea of "immorality of paid reviews" screams of teenage "your band sold out because lots of people like you".