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PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons (youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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πŸ–• Fuck PayPal

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

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[–] 87 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you're sitting at a poker table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

Alternately, if you look at an online service and can't tell what the product is, It's you.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago

    And even if you can tell what the product is, itβ€˜s still often you. β€œPremium” subscriptions for example might hide (some) ads, but services still collect as much data about you. Even grocery stores where the offer seems obvious are trying to bait you into installing their apps to collect data on top of charging you for every item. And sure it’s not relevant in this case, but it’s something we should never forget.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    By that logic, linux users are the product.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I feel like that's usually a very accurate saying, but it doesn't really work with a lot of open source projects.

    I hate that you're getting downvoted by so many people who don't realize you're pointing out an exception to the rule, and instead think you have some fundamental misunderstanding about how Linux works.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    They are getting downvoted for misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services and applying it to crowd sourced non-profit open source projects.

    Truly open source projects don't have suckers.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago*

    misconstruing something that is clearly a rule about profit making services

    To be honest I don't think that's clear at all, it feels like it's more a rule about being skeptical of free stuff online. And many for profit companies have open source projects that can be used safely even though the source is a for-profit.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    It's difficult for others to take advantage of you when you can learn what the software actually does and have it modified to work another way.

    Linux (for the most part) is open source but I'd argue the inclusion of any proprietary software/firmware/drivers means something ultimately isn't.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No? The OS is the product.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I think the issue was with the original commenter's phrasing. Facebook looks like a product. But the commenter meant "How the product is being funded".

    Of course, it gets hard when there's multiple sources of revenue. You used to be able to spot ads and come to the conclusion that that was everything. Now an ad is just the tip of the iceberg.

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