Originally Posted by AcidMax

Has nothing to do with being set in your ways. It has everything to do with being paid what you are worth. As a webmaster (if you are one) you want top dollar from affiliate programs because your traffic is worth it. You will pay lawyers top dollar to secure your assets and cover yourself in case of 2257. So why in gods name would you not pay a programmer top dollar to develop applications that ultimately will save you hours of time and even more in employees if you had to do things by hand.