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by ErrantX 5945 days ago
I think this idea just generally hasn't gone down as well with the community shrug

for the following reasons:

some of us run companies and see how this pushes the boundaries of abusing the affiliate system by taking a profit margin

were cynical enough to not take the donating to charity bit as salve for the first gripe

I'm not sure it's a lack of givng the benefit of the doubt as disquiet at the ethics of the idea.