HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square211linkfedilinkarrow-up1889arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1859arrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square211linkfedilinkfile-text
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoLinus usually likes to rant about it on the WAN show then they usually make a clip for YouTube, but weird he didn’t do that for honey, maybe he didn’t know how far the scam went.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoAs creator that makes some of their profits from affiliate links, I don’t see how that could be the case for him. Seems more likely they had a reason to avoid beef with PayPal.
minus-squarecocobean@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoCould have a non disparagement clause in their former agreement
minus-squareebuttonsdude@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoLinus said it would be on this week’s WAN show
minus-squarewhats_all_this_then@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoEspecially considering he hasn’t been shy about ranting about a lot of things from (insert latest apple thing) to “fucking eggshell”
Linus usually likes to rant about it on the WAN show then they usually make a clip for YouTube, but weird he didn’t do that for honey, maybe he didn’t know how far the scam went.
As creator that makes some of their profits from affiliate links, I don’t see how that could be the case for him.
Seems more likely they had a reason to avoid beef with PayPal.
Could have a non disparagement clause in their former agreement
Linus said it would be on this week’s WAN show
Especially considering he hasn’t been shy about ranting about a lot of things from (insert latest apple thing) to “fucking eggshell”