Honey, we’ve been tricked: PayPal faces lawsuit over shady browser extensio

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• The PayPal-owned Honey browser extension was recently caught deceiving customers and poaching affiliate revenue from creators.
• Lawyer Devin Stone has filed a class action lawsuit against PayPal over Honey’s shady practices.
• PayPal is disputing the allegations, claiming that it follows industry rules.

A couple of weeks ago, PayPal Honey was caught tricking its users and snatching affiliate revenue from creators. The popular browser extension often hides the best deals from customers when the relevant merchant collaborates with it. It also removes YouTubers’ affiliate cookies and injects its own to take credit for users’ purchases. Regardless of its legality, this shady, unethical extension has been harming millions of people, and it’s now being taken to court.


Lawyer Devin Stone (LegalEagle on YouTube) has filed a class action lawsuit against PayPal over Honey’s exploitation of creators. The case claims that Honey violates California’s Unfair Competition Law by meddling with content creators and their business partners.




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