Care to expand? That's pretty vague. Strict about what specifically? I am beginning to think that more and more of the people posting negatively about Amazon have either never tried it, or have not experimented enough.
I think there are a lot of members who answer old amazon threads just to increase their post count, usually new users with less than 20 posts or so *sigh* and many of them have tried one amazon link only and wonder why they don't make any money. Amazon is a fantastic way to make some cash BUT you need to put a little (not a lot of) effort into it, and target things your site is about. I don't even TRY to make a lot of money from them yet even I get at least £25 per month from amazon UK ... and if i put my mind to it, a little effort, and maybe 10 hours per month for a couple of months, it could very easy become a couple of hundred £ per month with little problem. only things i see them been strict on are the ways to steal from them, such as cookie stuffing, self orders, illegal sites etc.