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RedViking
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Ag shame
Enzo Matrix
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Steve ia gonna get his righteous a$$ handed to him one of these days. Hope he has a lot of financial backing to pursue all of these crusades he is on
FiestaST
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I’m more interested in LegalEagle’s case.
Video is 6.5M views already.
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Video is 6.5M views already.
Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam
Turns out Honey has been replacing/overriding affiliate links. https://www.notebookcheck.net/YouTuber-finds-popular-browser-extension-Honey-engaging-in-deceptive-affiliate-practices.935848.0.html A YouTuber has been investing Honey for a while, and some of its results are less than ideal...
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There's already a thread about this topic
Johnatan56
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Except that any of the ones where he has done anything with legal action he's been in the right and generally has been good for the consumer. Not sure what you're on about.
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Yeah, Steve has done a lot of good. Perhaps Enzo invested in this too?
ShloshMalosh
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They all shilled for Honey and they are all tech channels... how did they miss what Honey was doing ?
That sponsorship deal money must have been sweet hey?
That sponsorship deal money must have been sweet hey?
Jet-Fighter7700
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this, all a bunch of sellouts,
wish youtube blockers would skip over their paid advert segments,
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theratman
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Yip. The sponsorship money must have been so good that they never bothered checking the performance of the campaign. If they had they would've picked up on the issue much earlier.
Fulcrum29
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I do have an issue with the action taken, though Attorney Tom (and Legal Eagle) have given some clarity, this is being made about creators. So, I ask, what is a creator?
Now we know that this is not about the consumers. Though those taking action are saying that it is in the consumer’s interest. This brings me back to what is a creator?
Is PCPartPicker a creator? Are any other comparative or advisory sites that are built around click attribution a creator? Though one can argue that these websites, apps, and even extensions, were created, are they creators as set apart in the lawsuits?
As I remarked in the other thread, some are already taking aim at what I can deem as non-intrusive coupon sites. Coupon sites are directories.
It is a strange sphere, this lawsuit, I don’t approve when last click attribution is commandeered, but who has a right to the cookie? Clearly some creators are in the mind that they should have the right to the clicks. So here is the thing, someone watches a YouTube video, gets interested in an PC component, then goes to PCPartPicker and builds a system with that PC component that has been recommended. Now, PCPartPicker did not intervene, they didn’t switch out any cookies, they gave the cookie. The person who made the YouTube video would disagree. Now it gets tricky, this PC component was recommended by other people too.
I have scanned through the lawsuits, and they don’t touch on that Honey is also partnering with networks. Some networks have implemented revenue splits. I have no idea how these models work, but it does exist, everyone being treated equal and all. As I know, not all partnerships are equal.
My issue with Honey, and the likes, started in 2018/2019 already. They screw with your data, and any program built in and around couponing. These services also have agreements with some stores beside the networks. Honey also has their own coupons by doing this.
This case could take years, and say there is a precedent, how will it impact others who aren’t deemed creators? All I see is the couponing industry reevaluate their approach.
Nobody here is winning. This is an American case. My issue is how this will impact those not considered to be creators, and this will have reaching consequences beyond the American borders.
Now we know that this is not about the consumers. Though those taking action are saying that it is in the consumer’s interest. This brings me back to what is a creator?
Is PCPartPicker a creator? Are any other comparative or advisory sites that are built around click attribution a creator? Though one can argue that these websites, apps, and even extensions, were created, are they creators as set apart in the lawsuits?
As I remarked in the other thread, some are already taking aim at what I can deem as non-intrusive coupon sites. Coupon sites are directories.
It is a strange sphere, this lawsuit, I don’t approve when last click attribution is commandeered, but who has a right to the cookie? Clearly some creators are in the mind that they should have the right to the clicks. So here is the thing, someone watches a YouTube video, gets interested in an PC component, then goes to PCPartPicker and builds a system with that PC component that has been recommended. Now, PCPartPicker did not intervene, they didn’t switch out any cookies, they gave the cookie. The person who made the YouTube video would disagree. Now it gets tricky, this PC component was recommended by other people too.
I have scanned through the lawsuits, and they don’t touch on that Honey is also partnering with networks. Some networks have implemented revenue splits. I have no idea how these models work, but it does exist, everyone being treated equal and all. As I know, not all partnerships are equal.
My issue with Honey, and the likes, started in 2018/2019 already. They screw with your data, and any program built in and around couponing. These services also have agreements with some stores beside the networks. Honey also has their own coupons by doing this.
This case could take years, and say there is a precedent, how will it impact others who aren’t deemed creators? All I see is the couponing industry reevaluate their approach.
Nobody here is winning. This is an American case. My issue is how this will impact those not considered to be creators, and this will have reaching consequences beyond the American borders.
Fulcrum29
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They didn't miss anything, well, some people have a hard time grasping things, but the Honey promos pretty much explains exactly how they operate.
I am not pointing to Steve calling out Linus, but I am pretty sure that LTT knew how the Honey business model worked.
This is not unique to Honey. There is also not only a case against Honey, but also against Capital One's couponing browser extension. Neither are these the only two; there are many others.
Some here have probably shopped with Edge