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๐Ÿ–• Fuck PayPal

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

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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Was it all that surprising to you though?

By the time honey hit the scene we had been ten years into "sketchy Browser extension that monitors your browsing habits and injects ads"

I guess getting flogged by your favorite influencer ads a veneer of legitimacy for a lot of people.

[โ€“] dukeofdummies 2 points 2 hours ago

I think what was truly surprising is that they were bought for 4 billion.That much money for... basically an out and out scam. Paypal is that sure that it's:

  1. entirely legal

  2. Will never be stopped

  3. will return on a 4 billion investment.

[โ€“] MutilationWave 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You guys think Rakuten does the same? I have got so much money from them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut.

Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I also think Rakuten compensates me fairly. I take the payout in Amex points. Instead of money they give me 1 cent per point which I can leverage to a value of around 5 cpp through transfers

[โ€“] MutilationWave 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I book my hotels for with them for generally 5%. It adds up.