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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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๐Ÿ–• Fuck PayPal

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

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[โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Free and benevolent maybe not. but genuine and non malicious?

"What's your business model?" "we make and sell delicious sandwiches. Customer buys the sandwich for a little mote than it costs to make so we get money for ourselves." That isn't a scam.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Correct. It's not a scam. Because it's not free. The sandwich had a price posted, you paid it, you received the product. Valid business model.

    What would you think instead if you saw a NYT front page ad taken out for Free Sandwich Mart, the all-you-can-eat totally free sandwich emporium?

    Or in this case, a free browser extension that paid to sponsor five thousand YouTube videos that promises to help you pay less money to every store you activate it on at no cost to you?

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