• Chozo
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    7223 days ago

    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.

    • @Hux@lemmy.ml
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      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.

  • @LouNeko@lemmy.world
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    2623 days ago

    Always Remember “If it’s free, then you’re the product.” The only thing truly free in this world are those small IKEA pencils.

  • @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1723 days ago

    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

  • @AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    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.

  • LCP
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    1022 days ago

    Incredibly sleazy. Fitting that it’s a PayPal company.