Honey browser plugin controversy: Difference between revisions
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Additionally, PayPal offers business owners a program where they can partner with Honey, for a monthly fee (PayPal makes money). Business owners who choose to pay this “protection money” receive a guarantee that Honey will only show the discount codes they want it to show. There are documented instances of business owners finding what they thought were 'private' or 'one-time' discount codes being used by Honey users, building a strong incentive to "formally partner" with Honey and give PayPal its protection racket. | Additionally, PayPal offers business owners a program where they can partner with Honey, for a monthly fee (PayPal makes money). Business owners who choose to pay this “protection money” receive a guarantee that Honey will only show the discount codes they want it to show. There are documented instances of business owners finding what they thought were 'private' or 'one-time' discount codes being used by Honey users, building a strong incentive to "formally partner" with Honey and give PayPal its protection racket. | ||
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This is analogous to a store being forced to pay a fee in order to have their desired prices be seen, as opposed to having their lowest possible price being displayed if the fee is not payed. | |||
==Victim group 3: online marketing affiliates and content creators== | ==Victim group 3: online marketing affiliates and content creators== |