• NotNotMike@programming.dev
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    7 hours ago

    I’m glad this information is coming to light because I think that it should be fixed, at least as far as the affiliate link piece goes, but I find myself irritated by the sensationalism of the poster.

    They’re really pushing to make this seem as evil as possible, and milking it for every drop it’s worth. Making this a two-part series and not exposing it immediately feels super shitty to me.

    Just post the full information you have, if this is really so bad, stop trying to farm clips.

    Also, not enough focus on the timeline. Honey’s business model has changed dramatically since it was released long ago, and I feel like the part two video is going to complain about the original Honey business model, which was literally just a coupon code aggregator, just based on the “cliffhanger” at the end

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      4 hours ago

      it should be fixed

      It’s not a mistake, but an incredibly unethical business model. Why minimize the issue?

      not exposing it immediately feels super shitty to me

      it doesn’t change anything to the facts though

      It’s serialization, as old as printed news. You can dislike that but it’s not like he’s the only one doing it

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      4 hours ago

      If you look at their history, they seem to be a younger YouTube channel. I think he’s breaking it up more so that he can actually put out one video a month and not lose subscribers. He seems to be slowly managing to make the videos longer each month.