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elamje ◴[] 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 ◴[] 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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cyral ◴[] No.43540174[source]
Interesting, I found an article about it: https://www.businessinsider.com/shawn-hogan-sentenced-in-eba...
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1. chatmasta ◴[] No.43540373[source]
Yeah he was also the owner of DigitalPoint if anyone remembers that forum and era.