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YouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunch

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YouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunch

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

A new lawsuit alleges that the PayPal-owned browser extension Honey is cheating creators out of money. Honey, which PayPal acquired for $4 billion in

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Are they modifying URLs?

Based on the MegaLag video, it looked like they’re opening a new tab with their own affiliate link, preserving cookies to ensure checkout can complete, then closing the original affiliate link tab.

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