🖕 Fuck PayPal

And fuck Linus Tech Tips for intentionally keeping quiet about this after they found out.

  • riodoro1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    405·
    20 hours ago

    If something advertises on youtube it’s a scam. Simple to remember really.

    • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      13 hours ago

      This isn’t even remotely true. There are lots of advertisers and sponsors that aren’t scams. But unfortunately our consumer protection laws haven’t quite caught up to the digital marketplace. So there is a lot of room on the internet in general for scammy behavior.

      As always, it’s buyer beware. As well as a big amount of content creator beware as well.

    • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
      21·
      17 hours ago

      I don’t mind things that are an actual thing to buy. I want to research it first–you can get a better electric razor than Manscaped for not much more–but at least it’s clear how they make their money. Honey was obviously getting money from someone other than their users, and that’s an immediate red flag.

      • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        13 hours ago

        I and many other people naturally assumed that honey was getting their money from consumer data collection. Which is why I didn’t use the service myself. The surprise is the fact that the scam isn’t just consumer data collection but actually stealing commissions from content creators as well as using consumers as a gateway to stealing money from businesses that they have contracts with.

      • riodoro1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        15 hours ago

        Yeah. PayPal bought a coupon browser extension for how much? If the only thing they do is save YOU money, how come they can afford a sponsored segment in a mr beast video?