Following an exposé late last year, PayPal’s popular Honey extension has slowly been dropping users. Now, Honey is down ...

Chrome extensions can be handy little tools that assist us in our day-to-day tasks, but not all extensions enjoy the same ...

Honey says it finds online deals. Creators say it swipes their income. The PayPal-owned coupon browser extension faces lawsuits accusing it of unfairly siphoning off commissions that should go to ...

However, in December 2024, a video posted by the YouTube channel MegaLag accused Honey of tampering with affiliate links to practice cookie stuffing , obtaining affiliate revenue that should have ...

In a YouTube video that has since amassed more than 17 million views, MegaLag clicks on one of his own referral links and shows how Google adds his unique code to a shopper's URL so it traces ...

Though neither Honey nor Google addressed the specifics in MegaLag's video, Google this week updated its affiliate policy for Chrome extensions with new language that seems related.

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MegaLag reached out to Honey, which is owned by PayPal, to ask about his findings. Its response seemed to confirm his suspicions: "If Honey is activated and is the last program used while shopping ...

Google Chrome has banned certain practices used by shopping-related extensions in the wake of the Honey influencer controversy. In a policy update, Chrome has barred extensions from inserting ...

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