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๐Ÿ–• Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago

Just saw a video that the honey people are making another SCAM called PIE. They make an Ad blocker, then put their own ads. wtf.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VTxnM3J0I0k?width=828&height=466

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago

Just open their privacy policy and done. They sell your browsing info, and you could stop it there

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Wait, when did Paypal buy Honey? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm so proud I never consumed these guys shit

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I never trust browser extensions outside of a select few. However, I have used Paypal quite a bit. I would think many of us have.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Was it all that surprising to you though?

By the time honey hit the scene we had been ten years into "sketchy Browser extension that monitors your browsing habits and injects ads"

I guess getting flogged by your favorite influencer ads a veneer of legitimacy for a lot of people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You guys think Rakuten does the same? I have got so much money from them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Rakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut.

Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Honestly I thought all of this was common knowledge at this point, back when I used Honey (many years ago) I saw its affiliate code in the address bar and thought "huh, that's how they make money"

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I remember researching it a while ago when I was curious how they made money. If anything else, this just illustrated glee little research and care people have with their online information.

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