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Not surprised in the slightest, many knew about it already but it's so shady and works in a very grey area nobody big enough cared to seriously go after them until now (like how NordVPN is still shilled around to this day). Most products advertised on YouTube spend a significant amount of money on marketing, going after anyone with enough reach and proposing parterships, and you can trust their core business is up to no good. You can find some videos made about Honey before (example 1, 4 years ago, mentions the exact same method at this time). Swapping affiliate codes is a pretty old trick and by the book for many, many malicious extensions. So much so it's against Google's own Web Store policy (direct link):So it would seem that Honey, one of the OG sponsors, is nothing short of a massive scam.
But it doesn't end there, even browsers in the past have done it, namely Brave. In any case, you shouldn't install any such extensions on your browser, unless you use a separate profile just for that, and even then it's a stretch: far too many of them have gone rogue over the years, auto-update being enabled by default means you may not even notice the developer sold out or changed their policy (if it wasn't like that already) to include uploading all your browsing and personal data to everyone on the net, the list is so long and the Web Store and AMO have such little protection it's not even funny. Why didn't Linux Racemix Tips say anything about it? Probably because you don't bite the hand that feeds you, it may also hurt possible future sponsors and just make the average viewer question if any of those products are legit at all.
- Related user action is required before the inclusion of each affiliate code, link, or cookie. Some example violations include:
- An extension that updates a shopping-related cookie without the user's knowledge while the user is browsing shopping sites.
- An extension that appends an affiliate code to the URL or replaces an existing affiliate code in the URL without the user's explicit knowledge or related user action.
- An extension that applies or replaces affiliate promo codes without the user's explicit knowledge or related user action.
Nobody should but it's a perfectly reasonable perspective to explore for a video investigating a scummy company, it puts into question why those "people" did not do proper research into what they were advertising and makes them look like fools in general while also seemingly being on their side, "fellow shit-tuber, you've been missing out on more money because of this company, you totally weren't partially responsible but just a victim!". Really funny how somebody on HN tried to "debooonk" somebody posting about it, too.Honestly, why feel bad about jewtubers not getting their commissions out of a product?
In any case, Total JewPal Death.
