TL;DR: The Honey extension has been revealed as a scam, diverting affiliate marketing funds from partners and misleading consumers. Honey, the browser extension marketed to consumers as a solution to ...
The PayPal Honey extension has been caught stealthily replacing YouTubers’ affiliate revenue cookies with its own. Despite directing customers to the products, creators get nothing, as PayPal Inc.
Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the shady affiliate tactics of PayPal's coupon Chrome extension, Honey, went viral. The 23-minute video by YouTube creator MegaLag received more than 17 ...
Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Honey is accused of failing to provide real savings and sniping revenue from creators. Google has updated its rules on Chrome ...
Fintech giant PayPal purchased Honey, which operates a browsing extension that applies discount codes on e-commerce sites, for $4 billion in 2020. The class action against PayPal accuses it of ...
After being exposed for some shady practices last year, PayPal’s popular Honey extension has finally been forced to disclose that, yes, it takes advantage of merchant affiliate programs. Honey has ...