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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

So the scenario is that they know Honey is losing them money, but it's saving user's money by finding them great deals (since that part of the controversy wasn't known at the time).

And you are proposing they make a video complaining about it. A big YouTuber millionaire telling people "hey, I know this extension is making you money, but please consider not using it because we are profiting off of our affiliate links less when you do and our profits are more important than your savings".

How do you think that would go? We all know how such a video would be received.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Except it wasn't saving people money. It actually was hiding coupons from users.

[–] fatalicus 11 points 1 day ago

But like they wrote, that wasn't known at the time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You would simply tell your side of the story, and give caution to users of the extension that shady behavior like that is always accompanied by even more shady stuff.

Not really that hard to do, and you gave the info out to people who will dedicate their time (as MegaLag did) into looking into it either for their own interests or to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.