Quote Originally Posted by XXXWriterDude View Post
Max, you stated earlier that you weren't attacking anyone, but clearly you are, and it all sounds like a bunch of sour grapes to me. It's obvious that you're feeling personally insulted by the fact that these successful companies--which you may have helped to become successful, true--are changing their business models to suit their current needs. But the plain fact of the matter is, that's just the nature of business. As companies get bigger, they change the game plans and the rules as it suits them best. If you were an affiliate of theirs and you were helping to send them traffic, then you got paid accordingly for your efforts, so it wasn't like they were taking advantage of you any more than you were of them.

Still, business models change, and the FACT is that there is rarely a personal motivating factor involved in those decisions. On the outside, it may look to the webmasters who helped JUB that JUB is turning their back on them, but I seriously doubt that is actually the case. I have to add to the great things that have been said about the guys at JUB, as I cannot imagine coming across a more friendly, courteous, gracious and professional group of people in this business as the guys at JUB. I have had dinner with them and gone to shows with them a few times, and I have always enjoyed sharing their company. I don't know a whole lot about their business practices, true, because I haven't dealt with them on that level, but that's also why I'm a great person to share my thoughts here. I'm seeing this as an objective outsider with nothing to gain or lose from JUB, so I'm seeing it for what it really is, rather than what you are making it based on your own personal motives.
I am really over this, but for the most part the people that think this kind of crap is cool, really have nothing to do with these companies or being a affiliate at all. Their are a few member sites, and directories I see that have the same ethics saying so, but that’s it.

In fact some of you still think you can make sites that will comply with these “rules’ in fact the reason for the rules is to prevent you from sending any sites to them or to make sure its not worth the time.

And yes the attitudes of cutting off all out side traffic, and the lack of regard for others in the community does scare the hell out of me. These people in reality are selling us all down the river too keep their sites open a few extra years. We need to be real here even JUB will not be around in 10 years, but will affiliates still be around?