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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: 0.207s | 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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stevage ◴[31 Mar 25 22:09 UTC] No.43540507[source]▶
Didn't the guy that ran Skeptoid go to jail for similar?
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nadir_ishiguro ◴[31 Mar 25 22:28 UTC] No.43540650[source]▶
I'm sorry what? Skeptoid the podcast?

Edit: Yes. In 2014. How did I miss that? Used to listen to that podcast, though probably stopped before that.

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grumbel ◴[31 Mar 25 22:35 UTC] No.43540693[source]▶
Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Dunning_(author)#Wire_fr...
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1. technothrasher ◴[31 Mar 25 23:28 UTC] No.43541145[source]▶
I remember at the time being less than surprised at the charges. Dunning always felt a little off to me, even though I did enjoy his podcast.