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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 73 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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 14 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Definitely will be a lawsuit coming

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never installed honey because I knew it was too good to be true somehow.

There's no way you make that much money to pay all these influencers on a fucking free addon without a catch

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I just always assumed they made it back by stealing the absolute shit out of your data (which to be fair, they almost assuredly do).

[–] Jourei@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

That and I assumed they get a cut from the shop. Well, I guess they did get THE cut...

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Blonde white woman with a weird smile says: "The." Blonde white woman with a weird smile, zoomed in, says: "What?"

Oh the browser addon. Goshdarnit. (watching now)

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 points 2 months ago

lol yeah, don't worry, bit of confusion helps keep the brain agile. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing!

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Always remember something that's categorically false? See, e.g., most FOSS.

[–] recentSloth43@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

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!?!

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Agh so the goal posts are moving now lol

[–] 000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wikipedia is free. You're not the product in that case.

The rule should have an addendum about being a for-profit

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I pay yearly for Wikipedia though...those bastards

[–] PlantPowerPhysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 months ago

We almost went six months without hearing of yet another way that LTT are shitty.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months 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

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone care to do a tl;dw? Thanks

[–] ManWithH0Name@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Honey bad. Converts affiliate links to Honey commission, even if no coupons found. Oh, and it doesn't actually look for all coupons and will limit what is shown on partner sites. Video was a good watch.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.

[–] thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

And this is why we don't install proprietary software

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

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

[–] tournesol_bot@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago

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