That wasn’t at all what I was expecting. I always figured that Honey had to be somehow skimming a bit off the top with their coupon codes, but I had no idea they were straight-up overwriting affiliate cookies. This feels illegal, or at the very least it should be illegal.
Part of their service is to allow sellers to suppress higher discount codes from appearing in the honey service. That just flat-out contradicts what they tell consumers to convince them to download the extension.
I was expecting Honey to offer the smaller discount codes to the consumer, then apply the higher (hidden) discount count code to the seller and pocket the difference.
In some ways, it almost seems like what they are doing is worse than that—just playing both sides for their own gain.
I’m interested in what comes in part 2.
Definitely will be a lawsuit coming
Oh the browser addon. Goshdarnit. (watching now)
Hopefully my edit helps.
lol yeah, don’t worry, bit of confusion helps keep the brain agile. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing!
Always Remember “If it’s free, then you’re the product.” The only thing truly free in this world are those small IKEA pencils.
Always remember something that’s categorically false? See, e.g., most FOSS.
I don’t know, whenever i go for a new pencil, i end up leaving with a new couch or mattress. So is it really free!?!
What about Linux?
You’re the advetiser.
Agh so the goal posts are moving now lol
Wikipedia is free. You’re not the product in that case.
The rule should have an addendum about being a for-profit
I pay yearly for Wikipedia though…those bastards
I feel bad for the content creators, even if it’s kind of funny to see LTT’s sponsor scam them instead of their audience for once
We almost went six months without hearing of yet another way that LTT are shitty.
That was interesting watch. I’m familiar with the plugin though never installed it and glad for it now. Very scummy behaviour, but that’s to be expected from PayPal
The reason I stopped using the thing a while back was because that stupid popup kept blocking buttons. It became a lot more annoying than helpful in finding deals so I’m glad I got rid of it.
And this is why we don’t install proprietary software
Incredibly sleazy. Fitting that it’s a PayPal company.
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