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Re:Books from the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series by WalterBright on Saturday October 02, 2021 @02:28PM (#28730822)
Why does it offend you that someone makes money when you make use of the web site they created? It literally costs you nothing at all, while the site creator spent time and money making this available to you.
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Re:Books from the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series by eska on Saturday October 02, 2021 @02:54PM (#28731016)
Because it makes it clear that there might be a wrong incentive for recommending that product.

For the same reason people on here write „Company X is better than Y for Z reasons. Disclaimer: I work for company X“

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Re:Books from the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series by WalterBright on Saturday October 02, 2021 @09:39PM (#28733819)
Do you also feel that the Beatles had the wrong incentive for creating music because they got rich off of it?
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