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Honey has now lost 4M Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed

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657 points tantalor | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 18:28 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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magicalhippo ◴[31 Mar 25 19:20 UTC] No.43538715[source]▶
A couple of YouTubers I watch promoted this and given what I assumed it did, I'm surprised that's all it does.

If it seems to good to be true, it probably is.

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ChocolateGod ◴[31 Mar 25 19:38 UTC] No.43538952[source]▶
How did people think honey was making money?

I think a lot of these YouTubers are pretending to be shocked or caught out.

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beAbU ◴[31 Mar 25 20:23 UTC] No.43539508[source]▶
Honey was replacing their affliate links with it's own. So these tech tubers were only really upset that Honey was stealing from /them/, they don't give a fuck about their viewers.

Anyone who flogs ball shavers, ass wipes or fuckin microwave dinners don't give a shit about their viewers, and only care about their bottom lines and will shill whatever they can for the right price.

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ChocolateGod ◴[31 Mar 25 20:26 UTC] No.43539540{3}[source]▶
> tech tubers were only really upset that Honey was stealing from /them/

But wasn't Honey paying them?

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1. QuercusMax ◴[31 Mar 25 20:55 UTC] No.43539879{4}[source]▶
Paying them initially, but then if they used any affiliate links themselves, honey would rewrite those so honey would get the affiliate $$ instead of the tubers. Get paid once, then they'll steal from you indefinitely.