It's not that - it's the illusion that all affiliates are better off not touching them. That means affiliates potentially lose out, and earn less money - which is the opposite of what the OP, and those on the non-EPC side of the fence are for, right?
Again, it's that perception thing, getting in the way of the best decision.
Put it this way, there are 2 sites, A & B.
A is JT's faketaxi.com, with it's leaky console
B is joe bloggs taxiporn.com with no consoles, no email box, no cross-sells, no members area upsells
A earns you .03 per click
B earns you .01 per click
You have 50,000 unique clicks per day to send. Where will you, the affiliate, making the best biz decision you can, send those clicks? We all know the answer, which is why it's always about the net EPC, and not tainted by the *perception* that sponsor A is robbing you, because part of their biz model is offering non-credited multi-pass joins.
Sure, you can base decisions on that, it's everyone's absolute right to do so, but others who are more $ inclined might not realise that even with all this 'stealing' going on, he will earn more money for him, his family, his re-investment into business, and so on.
Hence the plentiful replies in this thread, rather than just leaving 1 side of the equation as 'fact'
