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by shufflerofrocks 539 days ago
I think that's surprising... why wouldn't you consider it a scam? Hell, even a malware?

Honey does the following:

- Stealing the commission from an affiliate link assigned to someone else

- Cutting itself a commission by inserting an affiliate link, when there was none, essentially profiting off you without your consent.

- Gives you the worst discount code possible, while saying it got you the best deal

- Cheating the companies doing the affiliate marketing by taking credit for purchases that happened without honey's involvement

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It’s effectively malware