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Everything you listed are common sponsorships. I have never bought a YT sponsorship, so there's no argument there. But affiliate links are more than just those sponsored posts. Amazon is a commonly used affiliate program. For example, someone might link to the tools they use and like. I watched a carpenter who linked to the tools he used, and it was also an affiliate program. He wasn't paid by anyone to link them like a sponsorship, he was just sharing in his experience what tools he likes best. If I trust his judgement in tools, and want to buy the same ones, assuming camelcamelcamel shows it a good price and checking around doesn't find it cheaper, why wouldn't I want them to get a cut of that purchase?
I dislike affiliate links from a privacy perspective. I don't want to be tracked via my purchase to some creator's channel that would link my person to certain interest groups. I'm breaking those chains wherever there is a chance, usually by manually copying links and cutting off the tracking bit, or if it's a URL shortener like bit.ly and the likes, I'll open it in a private window and then copy the resolved URL minus tracking bit into my main browser window.