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
arrow-up1873arrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square168fedilinkfile-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-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·21 hours agoLinus usually likes to rant about it on the WAN show then they usually make a clip for YouTube, but weird he didn’t do that for honey, maybe he didn’t know how far the scam went.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·20 hours agoAs creator that makes some of their profits from affiliate links, I don’t see how that could be the case for him. Seems more likely they had a reason to avoid beef with PayPal.
minus-squarecocobean@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·20 hours agoCould have a non disparagement clause in their former agreement
Linus usually likes to rant about it on the WAN show then they usually make a clip for YouTube, but weird he didn’t do that for honey, maybe he didn’t know how far the scam went.
As creator that makes some of their profits from affiliate links, I don’t see how that could be the case for him.
Seems more likely they had a reason to avoid beef with PayPal.
Could have a non disparagement clause in their former agreement