Honey: all the news about PayPal’s alleged scam coupon app

PayPal’s Honey browser hold has been lauded for years arsenic an casual mode to find coupons online. But immoderate are calling it a “scam” aft a heavy dive from YouTuber MegaLag, who accused Honey of “stealing wealth from influencers,” and returned 1 twelvemonth aboriginal with a 2nd video that says Honey targeted minors, collected information connected radical who ne'er signed up for its service, and exploited tiny businesses.

The first video shines a airy mostly connected Honey’s usage of last-click attribution, swapping its tracking cooky successful for others’ erstwhile you interact with it. The second video tracks a bid of emails betwixt Honey and tiny businesses that mislaid gross from its usage of backstage coupon codes and however it attempted to squeeze them to motion up arsenic partners, arsenic good arsenic its attack of sponsoring YouTubers with ample audiences of younger viewers, similar Mr Beast.

PayPal issued statements aft the archetypal video successful 2024 saying that it follows “industry rules and practices” similar last-click attribution. But creators who whitethorn person missed retired connected wealth due to the fact that of it aren’t happy. Some YouTube channels, similar Legal Eagle and GamersNexus, are present suing.

Below, you’ll find each our sum of the controversy.

• Steve Ballmer’s Kawhi Leonhard contention intersects with different scandal.
• The Honey exposé fallout continues.
• Google changes Chrome hold policies pursuing the Honey nexus scandal
• GamersNexus is starring a caller people enactment suit against PayPal.
• YouTuber Legal Eagle is suing implicit PayPal’s Honey extension
• Honey’s deal-hunting browser hold is accused of ripping disconnected customers and YouTubers