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They do this to not interrupt the purchase flow, not to be scummy. Opening a tab in the foreground or refreshing the page is extremely annoying to users and mer
by twostorytower 2y ago
They do this to not interrupt the purchase flow, not to be scummy. Opening a tab in the foreground or refreshing the page is extremely annoying to users and merchants request it to be in the background so it doesn't hurt their conversion.
I never said Honey doesn't override cookies. I'm not saying this isn't a problem, it's just not a Honey-specific problem. If the affiliate networks used first-click or multi-click attribution, none of this would be an issue.
- drawkward 2y agoStop justifying Honey's scumminess.
- kelseydh 2y agoCookie stuffing to steal affiliate attribution is fraud. People have gone to prison for doing what Honey does: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdal/pr/cookie-stuffing-internet-fraud-schemer-pleads-guilty-0 https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdal/pr/cookie-stuffing-interne... https://www.businessinsider.com/shawn-hogan-sentenced-in-ebay-affiliate-marketing-scam-2014-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/shawn-hogan-sentenced-in-eba... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_stuffing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_stuffing