Affiliate links are one of the primary, and less obtrusive, ways BB is able to make money. Amazon makes it easy to offer affiliate links to a wide variety of products with a single agreement rather than trying to make agreements with multiple companies. I support fully disclosed affiliate links over, say, 3d party served pop up ads of questionable virtue.
I get the impression that some editorial posts would not have been posted if the item the post is about lacked a vendor with an affiliate link for BB. But I’ve also been told that my impression is nonsense. 
Even so, I’ll still take fully disclosed affiliate links over many other types of on-line advertising.
