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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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elamje ◴[31 Mar 25 21:12 UTC] No.43540034[source]▶
Have a friend high up at one of the “Big 3” in this space.

The entire business model is predicated on injecting themselves as the last click for attribution even when they weren’t remotely responsible for the conversion. Cool business, but can’t keep going on forever without someone catching on.

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chatmasta ◴[31 Mar 25 21:14 UTC] No.43540055[source]▶
I remember when this was called cookie stuffing, and eBay even sent a guy to jail for doing it with their affiliate program. That’s the same eBay that owned PayPal, which now owns Honey…
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AlexandrB ◴[31 Mar 25 21:17 UTC] No.43540086[source]▶
Do as I say not as I do.
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1. gruez ◴[31 Mar 25 21:27 UTC] No.43540182{3}[source]▶
To be fair Paypal got spun out in 2015, far before they bought Honey, so there actually isn't any point in time where eBay was engaged in cookie stuffing.