• @JonsJava
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    22 days ago

    The YouTubers can only sue for actual damages THEY realized.

    As the class is for content creators that partnered with Honey, it can only be for the affiliate links.

    Users will need to sue separately, either individually or as a different class. My money is on them having a forced arbitration clause, so direct lawsuit will most likely be out of the question.

    • @chiliedogg
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      72 days ago

      It’s not just youtubers. It’s anyone who uses affiliate links. Online ads use affiliate links.Things like Amazon Smile used affiliate linking for charity fundraising.

      And since Honey was jacking links class action is the only way for them to really do it. No individual affiliate can point out their individual loss through Honey because Honey erased their links.

      That means the class action needs to go after all affiliate revenue Honey has ever made.

      • @JonsJava
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        12 days ago

        After reviewing the actual legal filing, you’re correct. I somehow missed that.

        All persons (corporate or individual) in the United States who participated in an Affiliate Program with a United States online merchant and had affiliate attribution redirected to Paypal as a result of the Honey browser extension.

        Thanks for the clarification.