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PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons

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PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons

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Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days ago

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Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam

Was Honey a legitimate money saving tool? Or just an affiliate marketing scam promoted by some of YouTube's biggest influencers?If you have any inside inform...

🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

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Okay but why fuck PayPal.
- Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
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  Because they paid 4 billion to a fraud company lol. Also PayPal in general is pretty damn scummy.
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  They own Honey
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    But I imagine they have been doing this even before they got bought by them
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  Maybe start at the trustpilot reviews.

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