The affiliate links message is clear enough for my taste, I wouldn't call it disguised. I clicked the link because I thought it might be about turning real eyes into monitors, but that's because I'm an idiot, I'm sure most others understood what it was about, so I wouldn't call it spam. I much prefer the affiliate link form over all others, it's the only form of ad that I think can be truly called "unobtrusive." If the site didn't have Google Analytics, I would call it a perfect example of how monetization through advertising should be done. Web standards should have prevent other methods by default.
> As with all posts on my site, I've used affiliate links where possible. As with all posts on my site, these thoughts are 100% mine and are not paid for.
... at the very end of the page, out of sight when you are viewing the bit with the affiliate links. Respectable sites would mark the links, perhaps putting an asterisk by them, to show that there is a footnote applicable.
www.moneysavingexpert.com does this, for instance. As well as the '*' by links, they also have a better description at the bottom of the page explaining the affiliate links, together with direct links for people who don't want to use the affiliated ones.
I use 27” 4k monitors with macbook pros running at 5k retina scaled down to 4k and it looks FINE. It doesn’t look as good as 5k, but WAY BETTER than non-retina. For about the third the cost, you get about 2/3 of the benefit.
I must admit I am a regular reader of this site and I listen to his podcasts also. I have always enjoyed it so I don't get why people here on HN are trying to bash him for having affiliate links even though he is being completely transparent about it.
Take the time and enjoy his content and see the positive side of peoples effort on the web.
Last time I checked good equipment to do podcasts and also hosting a site does have costs. Whats wrong with affiliate links if it helps support your effort.
Yeah it's also not like he submitted this link himself.
Commenters here will fall all over themselves to explain away any number of idiotic things but a seemingly decent guy has a few affiliate links in his blog and it's like the end of the world.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT206587