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I'm with you on this one. I don't see the problem with affilate links. It doesn't change the value you get out of the product.

Sure there might be a few odd people out there who live of affilate links but is that a bad thing? If someone sees value in the information they've been provided where is the harm?

I got it at first but was confused later, so yes I had to at least re-read it too.

I really like the post though and I agree that we need different thinking people that stand their ground. It's a shame so many give in to the 'mainstream' to save themselves from a few weird looks and some embarrassments.

Easy payment is something we need to improve on. Online payment needs to become more accesible. We've got Google Checkout, PayPal, credit cards,... but they're all just proxies to where my money is (bank account). They all need to be set up and not every site accepts them, requiring you to join another system. Plus on different parts of the world some of them might not even be available to you at all. I wish banks worldwide would work together to create a fast and reliable online wire transfer protocol. (fast, solid API to verify payments,...)