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That's scummy, but I don't care if your ads for amazon on your blog or whatever don't work. Not my problem.
Yeah I don't understand the faux outrage here, but maybe that's because I'm not in a parasocial relationship with these influencers.
I always wondered how Honey made any money, so this answers that question and is actually a pretty ingenious (if somewhat underhanded) mechanism.
If you partnered with them as a sponsor and they took your commission money and paid you using some of the money that you would have otherwise gotten anyway, you'd probably be angry.