It's worth clarifying that this is from 2014/15. The New York Times bought Wirecutter in 2016, and Lam isn't CEO any more.<p>The site doesn't hide that it makes money from affiliate links:<p><a href="https://thewirecutter.com/about/" rel="nofollow">https://thewirecutter.com/about/</a><p>FWIW, the XDesk post mentions The Wirecutter's response to their initial post, but doesn't link to it. That response is here:<p><a href="https://thewirecutter.com/our-response-to-nextdesk/" rel="nofollow">https://thewirecutter.com/our-response-to-nextdesk/</a><p>They suggest the Wirecutter refused to review their desk (though the e-mails don't seem to actually say that?):<p>> We offered a review desk to your CEO and the response was basically “pay us a kickback”. So, the only NextDesk you’ve ever reviewed was our original model that is now 4 years old (2-3 versions ago)<p>When the current standing desk review page (<a href="https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-standing-desk/" rel="nofollow">https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-standing-desk/</a>) features the "Terra 2", which appears to be the exact same desk XDesk's own site is promoting. And the page states:<p>> Xdesk did not return multiple requests for comment on our impressions.