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Exposing the Honey [Browser Extension] Influencer Scam (www.youtube.com)
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[–] Evotech 43 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Never installed honey because I knew it was too good to be true somehow.

There's no way you make that much money to pay all these influencers on a fucking free addon without a catch

[–] TheTechnician27 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I just always assumed they made it back by stealing the absolute shit out of your data (which to be fair, they almost assuredly do).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

That and I assumed they get a cut from the shop. Well, I guess they did get THE cut...