There are just to many affiliates that look the other way and never visit the boards, for them it is a waste of time and better spent on SEO and getting more links.
They give a damn, they are only interested to make money as fast as possible.
If a program cheats on them big time they just replace it with another one or ask a fixed fee.
To change this industry it will take more than a few angry posts on the forums and some rogue pages online, it is simply to big and programs have become more powerful with the money stolen from us.
It needs to be regulated and taxed properly and some hefty fines if cheating the books and partners, otherwise it will not change – sorry for all those crusaders out there – but it is doomed to stay this way for a long time and CAP, GPWA, AGD can not do a damn thing about it.