• arc@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    I wonder what websites think of this toolbar stealing affiliate links from people doing all the work of promoting their prices. I wonder if Honey goes even further and turns vanilla purchases into affiliate purchases, actively stealing actual money from the site. If I were NewEgg or whoever else Honey has created affiliate links with, I think I’d be banning their affiliate account right now, or throwing in some captchas so their link theft doesn’t work any more.

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      10 hours ago

      If Honey finds a 30% code, supplants its own 20% code and tells you it’s a 10% code, both Honey and the store save money.