I can’t think of anything more “late stage capitalism” than one of the most central internet companies propping up a fake product to steal crumbs from affiliate links of all things.
Considering how central “creators” and entertainment are to Yankee culture, I wouldn’t be surprised if this even led to a Congress hearing lol.
It opens a new tab with the PayPal affiliate link to set the referral cookie, then reloads the user tab to reflect that change.