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Phia, shopping service founded by Bill Gates's daughter, accused of 'cookie stuffing,' taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn't earn (techcrunch.com)

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Microsoft nepobaby recreated Honey, complete with all its slimy privacy and linkjacking practices, just under new brand name

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

They shipped this in 2016, literally a decade ago.

If you post a link, they will add their own referral code. They use JavaScript and hijack your link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/4ldk0r/reddit_change_affiliate_links_on_reddit/

No idea why the downvotes here.

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[–] timochka@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 weeks ago

No idea why the downvotes here.

I mean, someone up there just unironically called someone else a "class traitor".

This is not a crowd that's hanging straight on its hinges.

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