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PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best coupons (youtube.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 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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[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Linus Tech Tips really is scum. Yet more proof of that.

[–] theherk@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Same person that said ad blocking was the same as piracy.

edit: People downvoting me like I disagreed with him. Just saying how he looks at it. I think it’s a bit of a false dichotomy but they are definitely similar.

[–] themakara@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever heard his full stance on the matter? Because he clearly stated that this is not a judgment against using it. Heck, he's been open about having sailed the high seas himself and still doing so for media he physically owns.

It's just that gaining access to media while circumventing the payment (ads in this case) is basically piracy. Which is fair.

Signed, A uBlock User

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If I hacked a server to get content then I would be circumventing payment at it shouldn't be up to me how it responds to requests, I don't own it. Google trying to enforce playing adverts via software running on my property is an unjust overreach. The user choosing what displays on their own monitor is not "circumvention", it's claiming ownership over your computing. Google could choose to verify on their servers if I've paid (in normal currency) but instead their servers act like adverts are an optional donation.

Photo of a cat and a captain uniform, with a caption. The cat's head is poking out of the uniform. The caption reads "look at me, I am the captain now".

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Everybody: Fuck Peter Thiel, fuck Elon Musk, fuck Honey, Fuck PayPal

Everybody: unflinchingly using PayPal

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Deleted my ebay account but very rarely will buy on the site. I've yet to find a UK alternative.