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Yup, agreed. I guess it depends too on the bottom line and what a cost implication it has, as well as maybe not being as "good" a referral if it's not as close to real word of mouth?

This is also the way my company changed our referral scheme and it makes it a bit more awkward because you have to actively ask for someone's details to refer them, whereas before you got it through folks following the link, which feels less invasive to me

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Yeah that's what I'm thinking. It's a shame cause some services I'd happily add an affiliate link when talking about them if I believed in them, but I can see why they may want to do that

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I wonder if doing it via email is making it an actual referral rather than just allowing someone to search for the code, so it's more the intent than a limitation?

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