This discussion on Tildes was kind of eye-opening: so much negative sentiment towards Honey for stuffing its affiliate links, zero admission of fault from users.

The ad industry is adversarial and always has been.  If you are a user who:
* doesn’t want to pay for content you enjoy
* doesn’t want to view/hear ads in your content 
* doesn’t vet the browser extensions they are installing

You are just as culpable as Honey for “stealing” from these influencers.

I don’t even consider it stealing.  To me it was obvious what Honey is doing, so I didn’t install their extension.  They got you to install their shitty extension, so they claim your traffic.

This discussion on Tildes was kind of eye-opening: so much negative sentiment towards Honey for stuffing its affiliate links, zero admission of fault from users.

The ad industry is adversarial and always has been.  If you are a user who:
* doesn’t want to pay for content you enjoy
* doesn’t want to view/hear ads in your content 
* doesn’t vet the browser extensions they are installing

You are just as culpable as Honey for “stealing” from these influencers.

I don’t even consider it stealing.  To me it was obvious what Honey is doing, so I didn’t install their extension.  They got you to install their shitty extension, so they claim your traffic.

https://tildes.net/~tech/1l55/honey_did_nothing_wrong#comments

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