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

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657 points tantalor | 2 comments | 31 Mar 25 18:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.496s | 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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maximus-decimus ◴[01 Apr 25 00:21 UTC] No.43541511[source]▶
Considering eBay also had management that harassed people by mailing them live spiders and dead pig fetuses... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ebay-pay-3-million-empl...
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1. chris_wot ◴[01 Apr 25 00:47 UTC] No.43541670[source]▶
Wow, the former Senior Director of Safety and Security was sent to prison for 57 months! That's some great work by eBay.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/final-defendant-ebay-cybe...

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2. runamok ◴[01 Apr 25 15:43 UTC] No.43548151[source]▶
Now share what happened to the CEO. Behind the bastards did a great 2 part series on the insane tale: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236...