Late Stage Capitalism

Somehow it’s still not the scummiest thing that PayPal does. Close though.

Tldr:

1. Honey replaces affiliate cookies and affiliate links to theirs even if they did nothing to find or recommend the product. Thus, actual content creator who promoted that product get nothing from that purchase. (Even when honey finds no coupon code to apply, so they offered no value and stole the affiliate money)
2. Honey partners with businesses to only show limited discount to the user, thus the only selling point of honey which is finding highest discount with ease is no longer valid.

This is the type of innovation the west promotes

I always assumed that they were tracking you and selling your data out the wazoo, which is why I never installed the extension, but the shit about the affiliate jacking and colluding with businesses is wild.

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

• yewtu.be
• inv.nadeko.net
• yt.artemislena.eu
• piped.video