HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 days agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareParadoxvoid@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 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-squarei_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 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.