I have above average tolerance for late payments, and a great deal of compassion for the affiliate programs who are trying to make things work despite being caught between decision making on the operator level and anger by the affiliates.
But business is business, and the entire industry is reeling and ailing.
In the end, we all have to base decisions on what is best for us. Only time will tell if the decisions were correct.
When a program decides to enforce terms that will cut affiliate income, the affiliate needs to decide whether it is still profitable to deal with this program, whether adjustments (like promoting only one of their properties) will make it profitable again, or whether another program will yield better results.
These are tough times, and no one can afford to make these decisions based on likes and dislikes, or emotional reactions to the situation.
Only the figures matter now if one wants to stay in the game, and that is the case for the entire industry, including affiliates.