Honey needs to die. It steals from affiliates by changing affiliate links to itself.
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2025
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Article from The Verge about Honey's scam behavior (linked at the bottom of the Tech Crunch article)
Off topic the honey logo is just so disappointingly close to an ambigram
Wonder if this could be used to figure out what NOT to buy, sort of like ignoring Amazon suggested purchases. If the bots are all excited about something, odds are it's being boosted by other bots. Beyond being just plain wrong about important details like compatibility or size.
God is it really so hard to comparison shop yourself. I was once a huge proponent of such convenience because I thought it would free people up to pursue more worldly interests, but that isn't what happened at all.
Is this different from Nate?