HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 个月前PayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down133file-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 个月前message-square226fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: latestagecapitalism@lemmy.worldlatestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 个月前Linus usually likes to rant about it on the WAN show then they usually make a clip for YouTube, but weird he didn’t do that for honey, maybe he didn’t know how far the scam went.
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 个月前As creator that makes some of their profits from affiliate links, I don’t see how that could be the case for him. Seems more likely they had a reason to avoid beef with PayPal.
minus-squarecocobean@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 个月前Could have a non disparagement clause in their former agreement
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 个月前 non disparagement clause Not the level of a non-compete clause but that’s a scummy thing I hope is not legal.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 个月前It’s fairly common. As far as legal, that will depend on the jurisdiction and the mood of the judge.
minus-squareebuttonsdude@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 个月前Linus said it would be on this week’s WAN show
minus-squarewhats_all_this_then@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 个月前Especially considering he hasn’t been shy about ranting about a lot of things from (insert latest apple thing) to “fucking eggshell”
Linus usually likes to rant about it on the WAN show then they usually make a clip for YouTube, but weird he didn’t do that for honey, maybe he didn’t know how far the scam went.
As creator that makes some of their profits from affiliate links, I don’t see how that could be the case for him.
Seems more likely they had a reason to avoid beef with PayPal.
Could have a non disparagement clause in their former agreement
Not the level of a non-compete clause but that’s a scummy thing I hope is not legal.
It’s fairly common. As far as legal, that will depend on the jurisdiction and the mood of the judge.
Linus said it would be on this week’s WAN show
Especially considering he hasn’t been shy about ranting about a lot of things from (insert latest apple thing) to “fucking eggshell”