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YouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] atrielienz 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Among other accusations, MegaLag said that if a YouTuber or other creator promotes a product through an affiliate link, if the viewer has installed Honey, the extension will surreptitiously substitute its own link when the viewer makes a purchase — even if Honey didn’t provide any discounts. That means Honey, not the creator, receives the affiliate revenue for the transaction.<<

[–] micka190 1 points 4 days ago

That's not what his video showed though. They don't change the URL, they open another tab, which then overrides the cookie/session variable that is used to determine who the referrer is. It's still scummy, but it doesn't seem to be swapping links outright.