Originally Posted by signupdamnit

Someone always has anecdotes like this. It's the same for affiliates.

"Most affiliates are lazy"
"Oh, you're promoting the wrong stuff"
"Your sites are from 1999 and never changed since then"
"If only you promoted HD content instead..."
"You must be in the wrong niches"
"You don't know how to get quality traffic"

Usually it's just some guy throwing these out about someone he doesn't know and for whom he has never seen a site of theirs. In most cases it's the most obvious answer which is correct. The whole sector of the business is simply down overall. I bet it's the same for most shooters too.

The reason they are broke is because the industry collapsed. Content is much cheaper. The reason they are "arrogant" is because they never used to work for pennies and they aren't all that eager to do that now. I can certainly understand the feeling.