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"They stopped doing that but I found they appear to remove affiliate links altogether unless it comes from them."

isn't that the whole purpose of adblocking? :)

Removing affiliate codes is arguably a privacy feature. People don’t especially like having so many sites know where they just came from. I know some people who rely on those affiliate codes for some of their income though

Did they really replace the codes with their own for a while??

The whole purpose of adblocking is blocking ads except when it comes from the company doing the blocking?

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