I have no problem with Dan pushing links and outlawing referrals.
I don't either, it's the price we pay for good content, I use Dan's links when I can as well. I was actually complimenting Dan on the reasonable amount of link pushing that he does unlike some other blogs (cough, TPG, cough.)
I am loyal to his blog, my fustration is that he is silent, he hates AA and this is a good opportunity to pounce. TPG and OMAAT have written about this on day one!
Yes, I edited the end of my post, i know that they both posted about it. (I do think they should still be pushing harder given their power and size of their audience)