You may have noticed that we?ve been going pretty heavy on the Amazon affiliate links, including a slew of Prime Day deals today (seriously, there?s some good stuff there). Of course, there?s also the whole idea that Amazon is at the forefront that is the terrible machine that is technological advancement, including criticisms of CEO and ultra-billionaire Jeff Bezos and the fact that Amazon workers are heavily underpaid and that Amazon pays zero taxes despite being perhaps the most profitable megaconglomerate (just look again at the value of CEO Jeff Bezos). So why are we pushing so hard supporting a consumerist holiday that glorifies not only the cognitive bias of money illusion as people become anchored to lower prices and deals on things, but supporting a company that exploits its workers for the sake of essentially ruling the world (and space. Yeah, they?re definitely targeting space too)" Well, the truth is, digital media is tough. I mean, sure, we can sit here and write all we want. That part?s pretty straightforward. It?s the ?making money off of that writing? part that?s kinda difficult. Writing is our product. So as you are probably well aware, we have ads. We also have a subscription service that should kill most of the ads for you (working out the kinks and bugs in that, so pardon our dust). But the landscape of online media is ever changing, and, well, ads just aren?t what they once were. So we turn to other methods of revenue. Sponsorships and affiliate li...