No it's not dishonest, he did a pretty simple comment.
It's his recommendation, it doesn't say he is working for Lenovo, or Amazon. If he can be paid to generate money for Amazon and Lenovo, because he recommended someone to a product on a specific platform, why shouldn't he collect it?
If it was a Lenovo shill that linked to Lenovo shop then that would be fine, because it didn't have a referral link?
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It's his recommendation, it doesn't say he is working for Lenovo, or Amazon. If he can be paid to generate money for Amazon and Lenovo, because he recommended someone to a product on a specific platform, why shouldn't he collect it?
If it was a Lenovo shill that linked to Lenovo shop then that would be fine, because it didn't have a referral link?