@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-220 days agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.commessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]latestagecapitalismtechnology
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • edit-220 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]latestagecapitalismtechnology
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareParadoxvoidlinkfedilinkEnglish4•20 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•19 days 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.
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.