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For-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without credit (www.theregister.com)
submitted 4 days ago by dantheclamman to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The founder made it steal commissions for a company that they weren't even affiliated with?

[–] extremeboredom 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do you believe that the affiliate scam only started when PayPal acquired Honey?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Do you have reason to believe it didn't?