Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
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Was Honey a legitimate money saving tool? Or just an affiliate marketing scam promoted by some of YouTube's biggest influencers?If you have any inside inform...

🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

    • tempest@lemmy.caEnglish
      35·
      4 days ago

      Was it all that surprising to you though?

      By the time honey hit the scene we had been ten years into “sketchy Browser extension that monitors your browsing habits and injects ads”

      I guess getting flogged by your favorite influencer ads a veneer of legitimacy for a lot of people.

      • dukeofdummies@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        I think what was truly surprising is that they were bought for 4 billion.That much money for… basically an out and out scam. Paypal is that sure that it’s:

        1. entirely legal

        2. Will never be stopped

        3. will return on a 4 billion investment.

        • eRac@lemmings.world
          English
          11·
          4 days ago

          Rakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut.

          Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.

          • gt5@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            4 days ago

            I also think Rakuten compensates me fairly. I take the payout in Amex points. Instead of money they give me 1 cent per point which I can leverage to a value of around 5 cpp through transfers

    • mightyfoolish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      4 days ago

      I never trust browser extensions outside of a select few. However, I have used Paypal quite a bit. I would think many of us have.