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PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons (youtube.com)
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๐Ÿ–• Fuck PayPal

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

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[โ€“] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

See, I'm torn. I've never used honey, so I was never scammed. However I do think them scamming consumers is awful.

Buuuuuuuut, I DO enjoy the fact that they scammed influencers.

[โ€“] electric@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I thought that too until seeing the bits about consumers getting shafted. Awful company, hope they get sued into bankruptcy.

[โ€“] datavoid@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

They are owned by PayPal, so that seems unlikely

[โ€“] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

Small content creator makes informative, honest review of a product. Honey gets money on the commission. This makes you happy?