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The affiliate income helps them to pay their remote employees.

I don't know why I didn't think of that!

Lest someone mention that this doesn't affect the content of the article: it actually does because it provides the author a financial incentive to rank the higher paying links up in the page / more.

Thus no bitcoin...

It was like reading an advertisement

That's exactly what this is.

It was an advertisement!

It fact, it as an advertisement without a disclosure of financial incentives; which is in clear violation of FTC regulations.

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftc...

I love the casual language of the page you linked! It's much more friendly to the broad population and does pretty much devoid of legalese.

Its good example of writing for your audience. The audience of that page is bloggers, YouTubers, and social media "influencers."

If anyone would like to join me in submitting a complaint to the FTC, you can start the process here[0]; all fields are optional so you only need to provide the information you want to, and can remain completely anonymous if desired.

[0] https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/GettingStarted?NextQID...