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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (19 children)

I am genuinely concerned about this because Legal Eagle’s suit is directly tied to manipulating URLs and cookies. The suit, even with its focus on last click attribution, doesn’t make an incredibly specific argument. If Legal Eagle wins, this sets a very dangerous precedent for ad blockers being illegal because ad blockers directly manipulate cookies and URLs. I haven’t read the Gamer’s Nexus one yet.

Please note that I’m not trying to defend Honey at all. They’re actively misleading folks.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 14 points 2 weeks ago

I think it'll be okay, Honey was actually making money from the manipulation without user knowlage.

Adblocks don't make money and users are (should be) aware that tracking links and stuff gets removed.

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