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by xingped 28 days ago
I think the affiliate links work such that any product bought when the lead into the site is the affiliate code will generate affiliate rewards. So even if you don't buy the crap that's linked, maybe you'll buy something else and that counts.
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That’s how they work, and often affiliate links are programmatically added by plugins.

I’ve seen some reviewers intentionally break links to bad products.