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I have to agree here. Rewriting links in the browser probably violates the spirit of affiliation.

A related question: does it re-write links that already have an affiliate id in them? That would be really gauche.

[EDIT] Here's another way of thinking about it: what if they just kept the money and didn't donate to charity? I'm almost sure they'd be shut down. So why does donating to charity make it acceptable?



"...a Firefox plug-in that will rewrite any unclaimed links to a participating online retailer with an affiliate link..."

They do not.


Question is how many unclaimed links are out there, and how long before savvy users try to hack it so they boost their donation amounts?




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