HiddenLayer555 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1874arrow-down125file-textcross-posted to: technologylatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.mllatestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
arrow-up1849arrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square167fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technologylatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.mllatestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·1 day agoSee, I’m torn. I’ve never used honey, so I was never scammed. However I do think them scamming consumers is awful. Buuuuuuuut, I DO enjoy the fact that they scammed influencers.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoSmall content creator makes informative, honest review of a product. Honey gets money on the commission. This makes you happy?
minus-squareElectric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoYeah I thought that too until seeing the bits about consumers getting shafted. Awful company, hope they get sued into bankruptcy.
minus-squaredatavoidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoThey are owned by PayPal, so that seems unlikely
See, I’m torn. I’ve never used honey, so I was never scammed. However I do think them scamming consumers is awful.
Buuuuuuuut, I DO enjoy the fact that they scammed influencers.
Small content creator makes informative, honest review of a product. Honey gets money on the commission. This makes you happy?
Yeah I thought that too until seeing the bits about consumers getting shafted. Awful company, hope they get sued into bankruptcy.
They are owned by PayPal, so that seems unlikely