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Why can't people just run businesses decently without deception & scams? I'm sure they can be profitable. This deceptive behaviour actually makes the business loose customers in the long term.
Why can't people just run businesses decently without deception & scams? I'm sure they can be profitable. This deceptive behaviour actually makes the business loose customers in the long term.
If something is "heavily promoted by influencers", it's garbage. Would it make a difference if this garbage was GPL licensed?
If something is "heavily promoted by influencers", it's garbage. Would it make a difference if this garbage was GPL licensed?
It works. The only reason I knew what Honey was because so many Podcasters and Youtubers have advertised it on their content. I have never used it, but I recognized the name and knew what it does.
Honey _does not_ scour the web for discount codes. Honey instead partners with webpages to provide you a discount code (or not) with the advantage for the webpage being that less people will use a 30% discount code and instead use Honey's 10%.
Of course the really funny part was that basically none of the influencers did due diligence on their counter-party and Honey also took all of the influencer's affiliate money as well.
I really wish PieAdblock was in the article headline, since it's more relevant. "UBlockOrigin GPL code stolen by Pie Adblock Extension and Honey team" Of course Pie is scummy, it is brought to you by the people behind Honey. In addition to stealing GPL Source the new over-hyped Adblocker that probably also steals (silently rewrites in the background) affiliate links, just like the old "coupon finder". No surprises!
Why can't people just run businesses decently without deception & scams? I'm sure they can be profitable. This deceptive behaviour actually makes the business loose customers in the long term.
The bad pushes out the good until you’re only left with bad. A system that tolerates bad actors like this will in time only have bad actors. It’s tolerated because it makes a large amount of money for a small number of people.
We need to resist that call to apathy, stop acquiescing, and start demanding better of others. That, incidentally, often starts at demanding better of ourselves.
Why can't people just run businesses decently without deception & scams? I'm sure they can be profitable. This deceptive behaviour actually makes the business loose customers in the long term.
As if Honey isn't already under enough fire with half the youtube world releasing videos about their shady practices.