HiddenLayer555 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1898arrow-down125file-textcross-posted to: technologylatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.mllatestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squaregeography082@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·1 day agoI’m so proud I never consumed these guys shit
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·23 hours agoWas 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.
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoYou guys think Rakuten does the same? I have got so much money from them.
minus-squareeRac@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours agoRakuten 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.
minus-squaregt5@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoI also think Rakuten compensates me fairly. I take the payout in Amex points. Instead of money they give me 1 cent per point which I can leverage to a value of around 5 cpp through transfers
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 hours agoI book my hotels for with them for generally 5%. It adds up.
minus-squaremightyfoolish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 hours agoI never trust browser extensions outside of a select few. However, I have used Paypal quite a bit. I would think many of us have.
I’m so proud I never consumed these guys shit
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.
You guys think Rakuten does the same? I have got so much money from them.
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.
I also think Rakuten compensates me fairly. I take the payout in Amex points. Instead of money they give me 1 cent per point which I can leverage to a value of around 5 cpp through transfers
I book my hotels for with them for generally 5%. It adds up.
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.
Seriously.