In my opinion, a lot of hearsay, and very little fact of substance.
The article intertwines certain publicly-known facts (ie. ownership of Party) and software backends (ie. Handa-Lopez) with a bunch of hot air. Because there are some facts in the articles, some people unaware of what is going on will naturally take the whole article at face value.
The cookie issue does not rob affiliates – in fact, it allows a reasonable amount of time for a sale to be converted – otherwise, if someone else sends the player and converts them, they would not get credit.
Having not explored the cookie issue there in any depth, I’m reluctant to say any more in case there is something I have missed.
Fact: She was involved with porn.
Unproven: She was working with criminals and crooks.
Fact: She was an attorney.
Debatable: Being an attorney is a good reason not to trust someone.
This is what I mean about fact intertwined with hot air and hearsay.
Yeah, I’m still interested in what Claude has to say about all those other programs – but I’m not holding my breath, I started skimming after the paragraph above because it was quite clear that I wouldn’t be seeing anything different from the past.