←back to thread

PayPal Honey extension has again "featured" flag in Chrome web store

(chromewebstore.google.com)
324 points dvh | 1 comments | 08 Mar 25 06:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.322s | source
Show context
thrance ◴[08 Mar 25 11:41 UTC] No.43299425[source]▶
I still don't understand why most people got so angry about this, the extension does what it says it does: search for coupons in some kind of database. It seldom works but you don't lose much by trying.

The ones getting "scammed" out of a few referral sales are the ones advertising shitty products with no care whatsoever. Maybe they should have read the fine prints? Maybe the real lesson here is to do your due diligence before pushing garbage products to your fans?

replies(3): >>43299551 #>>43299699 #>>43300425 #
1. Gabrys1 ◴[08 Mar 25 14:15 UTC] No.43300425[source]▶
I think I watched a video that showed the case when the user was indeed better off NOT using the extension. If you followed an affiliate link that came with a discount for a product that Honey didn't have one for they would still remove the affiliation, thus making you lose money.