Slavik - we could remove our small pop under console but it won't make you any more sales. We tested that long ago before we put it up. In fact, at the end of the day it was worth MORE sales to the webmasters
Better yet, its even less of an issue today with AOL doing almost a PERFECT job to stopping pop ups (as well as google bar and Earthlink).
Monk - this isn't programs trying to 'squeeze' more from its webmasters. Christ, what if I told you programs profit 50% less now than they did 18 months ago and have sat around eating that lost profit. Webmasters have been grossly overpaid for quite sometime now.
Anyways, payout drops are NOT about making 'more money' for the programs themselves, it is used to deflect a decrease in monthly charges (which has been MUCH needed for a while now) from $39.99 to $29.99
Our payout rates will drop 20% or less while our monthly rate will drop 25% Whose 'pay day' is really getting hit here?