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

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662 points tantalor | 4 comments | 31 Mar 25 18:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.505s | 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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1. unsui ◴[31 Mar 25 22:57 UTC] No.43540903[source]▶
> Cool business

No it isn't. It's predatory (actually, parasitic) by its very nature.

I'm all for innovation, but that's just not cool.

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2. EGreg ◴[31 Mar 25 23:14 UTC] No.43541015[source]▶
Cool URLs dont change
3. catigula ◴[31 Mar 25 23:30 UTC] No.43541162[source]▶
I think it's cool in the sense that's it a cool concept for a (alleged) scam.
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