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TLDR; - The Honey browser extension inserted their own affiliate link at checkout, depriving others of affiliate revenue. - Honey collected discount codes ent
by a_paddy 9mo ago
TLDR;
- The Honey browser extension inserted their own affiliate link at checkout, depriving others of affiliate revenue.
- Honey collected discount codes entered by users while shopping online, then shook down website owners to have the discount codes removed.
- Honey should have "stood down" if an affiliate link was detected, but their algorithm would decide to skip the stand down based on if the user could be the an affiliate representative testing for compliance.
Allegedly.
- phpnode 9mo agoWow, I am very surprised that cookie stuffing[0] is still a thing. This could have been written 20 years ago. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_stuffing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_stuffing
- Kwpolska 9mo agoRe the second point, it specifically collected valuable codes that shouldn't be widely shared, e.g. employee discounts. Re the third point, the algorithm would skip stand down for users who weren't likely to be testers (based on account history and lack of cookies for affiliate marketing admin panels).