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Does that mean the links will stop being translated into microcosm.app/out links? Or what's the reason for that?
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It doesn't mean that immediately, but I may change all of that so it's just eBay links.
And the reasoning for that isn't just affiliates... we've also used it to protect people on the site by blocking the links to spam and malicious sites for working, basically not redirecting them.
But after 6 years... I would say that we only stopped bad stuff a handful of times, and that browser protections against malicious sites have much improved in that time... so I'm up for just removing that layer of protection at some point too.
Velocio
This thread will be more true than ever.
I'm going to turn off all of the affiliate programs with the exception of eBay.
Why?
It does not change privacy on this site as this site never used tracking on pages where links appeared, and if you had clicked a link then any cookies were set by the destination website and that would still be true.
I'm keeping eBay as they are more mature in how they do things, and recognise the VAT threshold for HMRC (they aren't enforcing VAT rules for £1 of revenue which is the sane thing), and the money conveniently gets paid into PayPal which is where the bills are nearly all paid from which sustains the good separation of my personal affairs from LFGSS monies.
Last month the non-eBay affiliates brought in £50... over the year that's semi-meaningful as it's about 1 month's worth of costs... so it does mean I will eventually nag for more donations, but at the moment we have more than we need due to the sales of t-shirts and caps last month adding a couple of months costs to the coffers.