HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareBilb!@lem.monsterlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down4·edit-22 days agoThat’s scummy, but I don’t care if your ads for amazon on your blog or whatever don’t work. Not my problem.
minus-squareParadoxvoid@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 day agoYeah 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.
minus-squarei_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIf 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.
That’s scummy, but I don’t care if your ads for amazon on your blog or whatever don’t work. Not my problem.
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.
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.