PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons (youtube.com)
from HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to technology@lemmy.ml on 23 Dec 21:32
https://lemmy.ml/post/23941384

đź–• Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

#technology

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jordanlund@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 21:39 next collapse

If you’re sitting at a poker table and you can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you.

Alternately, if you look at an online service and can’t tell what the product is, It’s you.

bilb@lem.monster on 23 Dec 22:33 next collapse

That’s scummy, but I don’t care if your ads for amazon on your blog or whatever don’t work. Not my problem.

Paradoxvoid@aussie.zone on 24 Dec 19:34 collapse

Yeah I don’t understand the faux outrage here, but maybe that’s because I’m not in a parasocial relationship with these influencers.

I always wondered how Honey made any money, so this answers that question and is actually a pretty ingenious (if somewhat underhanded) mechanism.

i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de on 25 Dec 00:28 collapse

If you partnered with them as a sponsor and they took your commission money and paid you using some of the money that you would have otherwise gotten anyway, you’d probably be angry.

davel@lemmy.ml on 24 Dec 00:54 next collapse

By now, you’ve probably heard about Honey.

Nope, I guess because my ad blockers work and I skip over in-feed ads 🤷

Raiderkev@lemmy.world on 25 Dec 03:04 collapse

A lot of podcasts plug it. I’ve never bothered with it.

tomcatt360@lemmy.zip on 24 Dec 01:22 next collapse

I wonder if Honey’s new ad blocker Pie does things like this too.

davel@lemmy.ml on 24 Dec 06:49 next collapse

Exposing the “PIE” Influencer Disaster - (Same Developers as HONEY)

After an excellent video highlighting the predatory practices of “Honey” (made by “MegaLag”)… I wanted to add my voice, and talk about an offshoot of that same company (with the same founders, staff, and apparent business model) that seems to go even one step further, and position itself as a detriment to the entire social media Creator ecosystem.

After Honey was successful in tricking almost all of YouTubes largest influencers (from Mr Beast, all the way to MoistCritikal) it was then seemingly acquired by PayPal, with this new project from its founder popping up, as we are given a rare opportunity to be pro-active in the pursuit of shutting down predatory practices on YouTube… before they officially take root.

p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 24 Dec 18:47 collapse

I mean, if these guys are willing to do morally reprehensible stuff like this, then it should just be expected that they would do the same kind of thing for whatever new products they develop.

Aria@lemmygrad.ml on 24 Dec 01:34 next collapse

Almost as scummy as the concept of a YouTuber using affiliate links.

callouscomic@lemm.ee on 24 Dec 09:07 next collapse

Okay but why fuck PayPal.

MP3Martin@programming.dev on 24 Dec 10:56 collapse

They own Honey

Mexigore@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 11:34 collapse

But I imagine they have been doing this even before they got bought by them

saigot@lemmy.ca on 24 Dec 21:01 collapse

Next you’ll tell me penis enlargement pills don’t work and my Nigerian prince isn’t going to pay me back.