Oh the browser addon. Goshdarnit. (watching now)
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
Submitted 4 months ago by TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4yL3YTwWk
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Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 months ago
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hopefully my edit helps.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 months ago
lol yeah, don’t worry, bit of confusion helps keep the brain agile. Very interesting video, thanks for sharing!
LouNeko@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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 4 months ago
Always remember something that’s categorically false? See, e.g., most FOSS.
recentSloth43@lemmy.world 4 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!?!
000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Wukipedia is free. You’re not the product in that case.
The rule should have an addendum about being a for-profit
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I pay yearly for Wikipedia though
PlantPowerPhysicist@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
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 months ago
We almost went six months without hearing of yet another way that LTT are shitty.
BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 4 months ago
Anyone care to do a tl;dw? Thanks
ManWithH0Name@lemmy.world 4 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.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 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
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They 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 4 months ago
And this is why we don’t install proprietary software
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Incredibly sleazy. Fitting that it’s a PayPal company.
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Evotech@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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 4 months ago
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 4 months ago
That and I assumed they get a cut from the shop. Well, I guess they did get THE cut…