HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1194file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
arrow-up1194external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 days agoThat’s scummy, but I don’t care if your ads for amazon on your blog or whatever don’t work. Not my problem.
minus-squareParadoxvoid@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoYeah I don’t understand the faux outrage here, but maybe that’s because I’m not in a parasocial relationship with these influencers. I always wondered how Honey made any money, so this answers that question and is actually a pretty ingenious (if somewhat underhanded) mechanism.
That’s scummy, but I don’t care if your ads for amazon on your blog or whatever don’t work. Not my problem.
Yeah I don’t understand the faux outrage here, but maybe that’s because I’m not in a parasocial relationship with these influencers.
I always wondered how Honey made any money, so this answers that question and is actually a pretty ingenious (if somewhat underhanded) mechanism.