Everybody does that and has for the past 10 years. People sell the scammiest stuff then completely dissociate and say "sorry guys I didn't know that was a scam haha. I won't do it again. This program brought to you by Honey. I use it and it's great." Their viewers always forgive them.

> Their viewers always forgive them.

Pretty strong selection bias there. And no way to know how many potential viewers avoided them after the first ad read.