HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square214fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down133file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mllatestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1external-linkPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square214fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mllatestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
🖕 Fuck PayPal And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.
minus-squareRetro_unlimited@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoLinus 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-squarewhats_all_this_then@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-213 minutes agoEspecially considering he hasn’t been shy about ranting about a lot of things from (insert latest apple thing) to “fucking eggshell”
minus-squarezqps@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoAs 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 days agoCould have a non disparagement clause in their former agreement
minus-squaretabular@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-216 hours ago 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-up1·10 hours agoIt’s fairly common. As far as legal, that will depend on the jurisdiction and the mood of the judge.
minus-squareebuttonsdude@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoLinus said it would be on this week’s WAN show
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.
Especially considering he hasn’t been shy about ranting about a lot of things from (insert latest apple thing) to “fucking eggshell”
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