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yalogin ◴[] No.43300551[source]
Honey and similar extensions are just monitoring every activity in the browser. I would have been surprised even if these were moderately successful but never expected them to be sold for billions. I would never have thought people would happily let themselves be monitored like this for deals when everything is on Amazon already
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mrkramer ◴[] No.43300567[source]
> I would never have thought people would happily let themselves be monitored like this

Enter Facebook and Google.

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rocketvole ◴[] No.43300606[source]
the point is that the service that honey provides doesn't seem to warrant selling your entire browsing activity. At least facebook and google provide a means of communication that is difficult, sometimes impossible, to provide elsewhere on the internet
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1. mrkramer ◴[] No.43301990{3}[source]
Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel will put you in some group e.g. ice cream lovers so when you search Google or scroll Facebook feed they will show you ice cream ads.