[oDot]

That is incorrect. Many high quality reviewers make money through affiliate links. For example, In 2020 LTT made 9% through Amazon Associates[0]

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[throwaway81523]

Yes there are some exceptions. Maybe I should have said "most of" instead of "almost all", but the thing is that it's common and frequent enough that I want to bypass that style of "review".