• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Did they trust Paypal for some reason? Maybe they didn’t know because the name is different.

    He alleged that they not only replaced creators’ affiliate codes with their own to pocket the money from affiliate sales, but that they also partnered with companies to control which coupons were presented to users, going against their advertisement of getting people the best deal.

    This also has the side effect of overwriting affiliate links doled out by sponsors other than Honey, with the app replacing those affiliate links as well if what MegaLag and LegalEagle allege is true. If Honey gets the affiliate link rather than the creator who gets paid based on how many of their viewers click that link, then the creator doesn’t get paid even if they went through the effort of driving their audience toward a product.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    Mr Stone’s video on it is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H4sScCB1cY

    He’s a lawyer, or at least portrays one on youtube; and we get it: All lawyers are ambulance chasers, according to the completely-fair and unbase-uh, unbiased metric that assuredly has data behind it and not just some cheap ALAB generalization.

    Go see the video. See a few more of his. If he’s taking cases, it’s nothing he’s talking about directly on youtube, and his videos often describe other lawsuits and potential lawsuits, basically news reactions. He seems to explain them well, in a way that 46% of Americans will even get. It’s very accessible content.

    Anyway, there’s the video. Go see.