I agree to that, at least for the mainstream niches i was looking to work with. They all use Comission Junction which has that weird type of link i for sure wouldn't trust as a simple visitor.

Or some of the sites i found and wanted to enter their affiliate program still promote Comission Junction on their pages but their account is long suspended for not being active . Most of them, if they do not have open acceptance for new affiliates, you have to wait a lot until you receive an answer, and it is denial most of the times