C how are affiliate links theft?

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Contemplate: How are affiliate links theft? Theft has countless forms, throughout much of history all that mattered is whether something was tied to something/someone (as opposed to being free game) and whether it was easy for you to acquire it from someone else or not.

These are degrees of separation between you and the thing you want, considered purely pragmatically.

But to truly identify theft ask yourself: What are the resources being used? Who is in possession of less because of what you did? There are other questions, but those are the 2 fundamental questions.