Originally Posted by Varius

Well, it seems when faced with the issue of:

- Affiliates will mostly only sign up if their program offers it
- Programs will mostly only sign up if their affiliates use it

they decided to opt for just blatantly deceiving affiliates, to get them to sign up (thinking their program supports the card), this way they could let the affiliates push those programs on their behalf.

...and they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you darn PR kids and your pup named Scooby Doo!