Users are reacting negatively to questionable practices discovered last year regarding Honey, the discount code service.

Honey is an extension that automatically applies coupon codes found online when you shop online on sites like AliExpress and eBay. However, in December 2024, a video posted by the YouTube channel ...

Google does not want a repeat of the Honey Chrome extension scandal. To prevent that from happening again, the company is tightening its Chrome extension affiliate ad policies and making some changes.

Google has changed its affiliate ads policies for Chrome extensions after the PayPal Honey debacle. Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the shady ...

Late last year the popular Chrome extension Honey (owned by PayPal) was revealed for employing a few shady tactics, and the extension has since lost around 4 million users on Google’s browser alone.

Last year, the browser extension Honey got caught up in controversy over how it took affiliate revenue away from creators. Instead of only taking credit when it saved users money, Honey attempted to ...

Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it paid for promotion by using its Chrome extension to swap in its own affiliate link before you checked out. According to the ...

Google Chrome has made a policy update today that restricts how browser extensions can interact with affiliate codes, effectively banning the behavior of the controversial PayPal Honey extension.