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actually i dont know if these questions are frequently asked because i do not read the notes on posts that blow up as a matter of policy. but if i was coming into this blind, these are the questions that i personally would have about this.
Q: what's the alternative to Honey? i need my treats and deals
A: there are no "alternatives". the Karma extension is the same scam. the Pie extension is the same scam but pretending to be a man-in-the-middle adblocker and also started by the same people who made Honey. just google "[retailer] coupon', you aren't going to do better than the coupons you find that way. do not install coupon extensions or shopping extensions, the ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL IS A SCAM. any app or browser extension claiming to do what honey does is a scam by design
Q: I don't care about "influencers", they are all evil
A: thats valid. in the context of this case the word "influencer" is applying to a lot of people you would not group with Mr. Beast. honey is stealing referral credits from literally everyone, including you if you just give your friend a DoorDash signup code. if your friend has Honey on their browser, Honey will attempt to hijack the sale/signup during checkout, and you will not get the bonus DoorDash promised you for giving out the signup code. it doesn't matter if youre a professional youtuber or not. also, let's be clear here, your favorite 1000-sub microniche artist cannot make a living any other way anymore. youtube does not pay minimum wage, much less a living wage, unless you get into the upper thirds of viewership by sheer luck. the vast majority of the people acting happy to be there on your screen while you eat cereal are not making ends meet without participating in affiliate marketing
Q: is this actually illegal? are they going to get into trouble?
A: answers to both questions are going to depend on whether anyone goes after them successfully. but if i were a betting man no i would not bet on PayPal Corporation facing any blowback about this whatsoever. im guessing all of this behavior is prominently covered in their TOS which no one reads but everyone agrees to. whether TOSes that no one reads are legally binding or not is a complicated legal question that has only just started to be litigated
Q: what else is going on?
A: the link above will take you to MegaLag's youtube video on this issue, which was released as part 1 of 3. the other videos arent out yet but it also appears Honey has also been running a variation of Yelp Extortion on anyone selling anything (basically a protection racket, Yelp waits for small businesses to get bad reviews [or plants them, its unclear] and then starts calling the business dozens of times a day to "offer" the small business a "membership" which will "allow them to control what appears on their Yelp page". ive worked at two places that were targeted by this one), and also monitoring all shopping carts in every browser where it's installed and stealing employee discount codes and internal-only vendor discount codes and then giving them out to random customers. this has been hinted at but will likely not be addressed until video 2 or 3
Q: why should i care about this when i hate everyone who runs a business of any size, is an influencer, sells stuff online, etc
A: watch the actual video for the explanation but honey is also just hiding coupons from you. i mean it just doesnt work. this is why i never used it. i installed it once, it didnt bring up any coupons i found easily by googling or a newsletter or whatever, and i went "oh this is a scam" and ditched it. it probably worked when it was new, the wedge end of the scams always have to work for a while to get in the door.
and i mean there's "small business owners" and then theres small business owners. i'm a subsistence artist, for a while now i've been studying the youtube economy and cultural shift for artists like myself and concluded i'm going to have to start doing this kind of video stuff to survive. don't make me flash my badge about this, you wont read it anyway, the short version is this referral-hijacking is a way for Actual Evil Megacorporation PayPal to steal money BACK from creators of any size and use everyone who uses Honey as a human battery farm to harvest ad money that you tried to hand to someone else. i dont like that the majority of the subsistence you can even make online is anchored to influencing, referrals, affiliate programs and ads. everyone hates it. no one actually likes Raid Shadow Legends. but you either get paid from advertising or you dont get paid. thats why it matters that PayPal is hijacking affiliate links. it is no different than PayPal walking up and taking the dollar bill you put in the guitar case in front of a busker
Q: how did everyone miss this for so long? A: LinusTechTips apparently knew but didn't bother publicizing it, which is yet another bad look for them. it was apparently "known" iwithin some small online business circles but never blew up for some reason, probably because once you learn anything about how affiliate marketing and ads and clicks and so on actually work, it wouldnt occur to you at all that this was weird, because it's technically not, the entire ad economy works this way basically
if you have the Honey browser extension installed, uninstall it immediately. big big story broke on youtube today strongly indicating that Honey has been massively defrauding basically everyone who does any business with them at every level, including influencers, customers, and actual retailers.
the short version of ONE of the alleged crimes is that they've been hijacking referral links and codes. if you have honey installed on your browser at all, and you use any referral code from anyone, there is a high probability honey will swap out the referral link identifier for their own even if they don't provide a coupon at checkout.
they also are just lying to you, and hiding coupons that very much exist. they're completely fraudulent
paypal bought honey in 2019 for 4 billion, so paypal has been strip mining the influencer economy for 5 years now. the amount of money that's been essentially stolen is unfathomable
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#wreck it ralph#turbo wreck it ralph#turbo wir#turbo#art#technically#i just sat down and watched the whole movie for the first time#ive seen it before but it was in the background when i was six so#i want turbo CARNALLY whos with me#Really Good Character Design#I say as I watch the scene with the Giant Bug#turbo lore so good i Died#theres a two hour video about him and an in depth analysis of his character and lore on#youtube that ive been meaning to watch and i#DEFINITELY WILL now that i have watched the movie…. hhhoohhohoho…#Sorry guys. No im not I love this freak#i call him the jaundice freak
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green beetle black beetle
#star wars#the original trilogy#boba fett#darth vader#hi. sorry for star war jumpscare. genuinely#i feel like ive kinda been on an art hiatus lately due to health stuff#i got diagnosed with a parathyroid disease recently (wahoo) so now i know why i have been feeling so bad! need more tests though#anyway. in the mean time most of the entertainment my brain can handle has been like. youtube clip compilations of shows and movies#not even the actual shows or movies. literally just sections of them on youtube#i wish i was joking#the only reason i know what happens in succession is because i have watched it in disjointed order in youtube compilations. not joking#anyway so ive learned a lot more about star wars than i ever. thought i would#mostly just the original trilogy and prequels. some of the old comics & books are interesting too#(sick to my stomach) i like darth vader he has like the same personality as ganondorf except he had no good reason for doing anything#when vader/anakin does literally anything weird or unacceptable it like. makes me laugh so hard its like jerma when he sees a car accident#boba fett’s costume design has been rotating in my head a lot too it’s very good#he’s very colorful and like. matte/unpolished compared to vader and it makes them a cool duo visually#those 2 are my favorites. vader why is the space cowboy the only person aside from sidious or tarkin who is allowed to get mad at you#sidious is my 3rd favorite. he sucks so bad as like a person that you just. you have no expectations of him except just being evil#so its just really funny like everything he does is horrible and he’s so happy all the time like good for him#i’m making it sound like ive never seen star wars before. i have i just never really cared about it until i got an endocrine disorder lmao#but yeah idk art may continue to be slow while im figuring out treatment stuff#if anyone reading this also has or has had hyperparathyroidism im wishing the strength & radiance of 1000 beautiful horses upon you
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People keep talking about 'all the hate' fans have been 'attacking' watcher with over the past few days and I genuinely do not know what they are talking about.
#The vast majority of posts Ive seen were people expressing that they feel hurt#or giving actual criticisms about the move#sometimes there was a bit of snark#none of that is bullying#or hate#Have you watched internet drama before? This was incredibly measured#99% of youtubers making a move like this would have been torn apart within a day#but watcher is so well-liked that most people Ive seen are even accepting the apology#watcher#watcher tv#I get youre relieved that people arent posting criticism after criticism now#but that doesnt mean the backlash was just a bunch of hate#i wouldnt even have described it as particularly vitriolic#sure a few posts crossed lines but it was SO few compared to what you would usually see in something like this
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thinking about how in the background of the agency office, you can see a red suit jacket and its implied to be apollos he just never wears it
before and after aa4:
#(implied bc it appears after aa4)#im sorry for the bad picture quality i got it off the walkthroughs ive been watching on youtube 🙏#im so lazy rn i dont want to tag it all#im not tagging this as spoilers bc i dont really think it is?#apollo justice#apollo justice ace attorney#ace attorney apollo justice#i also like to think that the folder/binder on the table is phoenixs. blue for everything#hed also leave his shit around his own office like that. i mean look at the rest of the place.#him and trucy definitely arent the most organized people 😭#maybe ill do a silly drawing of apollo wearing his jacket
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wow so watcher just singlehandedly killed their channel
#i get wanting to ensure your company is profitable but moving everything onto a streaming service aint it chief#we are in a cost of living crisis and you want people to pay for another service?#when most are cancelling the ones they already have?#what are they thinking#‘we wanted to keep the price low enough to make it affordable for everyone’ whos everyone? i cant afford 60-72 dollars a year#and thats in usd#for me thats 93-112 bucks a year and thats not happening#how they didnt just start with a channel membership is beyond me#this was such a short sighted and out of touch idea#and theyve already started archiving their videos which makes the whole thing feel so disingenuous#and moving everything off youtube will mean theyll have no subscriber growth bc how are people supposed to discover them?#the comments on the video are so cordial everyone is saying this stuff by the hundreds#so heres hoping they roll it back#even their reasons for it being they cant do bigger production shows bc of their budget#people dont watch you for the production#i for one was a little put out when they started overproducing their shows it felt like they were trying to hard#its always been about their personalities#i just cant believe they didnt think this through#coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt#hey there demons it’s me ya boy#watcher#buzzfeed unsolved#shane madej#ryan bergara#steven lim#ghoul boys#ghost files
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i've successfully made my mother despair over the ending of ofmd season 1
#she loves the show i knew it#and btw. this is the first time i got the izzys revenge joke bc she explained it to me#still finding new shit on my 9th rewatch#i cant tell her that ive already watched season 2 though because well. my parents are strictly against pirating shit#not because of moral reasons necessarily but my brother got into some legal trouble for something he didnt even do#but ever since then theyve been like “dont click on watch movie online shit!!”#maybe i can warm them up to the idea of google drive folders but. idk how to start that conversation#well. were wating for ofmd s2 to get to youtube movies now thats how i was able to show her season 1#oversharing in the tags as usual#ofmd#our flag means death
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sorry for reblogging fugly trends from 2012 it's for my enrichment
#have i ever told u guys about my early 2010s fashion and pop culture fixation#i got a gen you ine aeropostle skirt recently ive never been happier#also gonna try and get my hands on some freshtops tanks#eventually#also their shorts though ive only found one secondhand listing in my size#i need the naked1 pallet or i'll die#its funny to me because like#yes within fashionblogging and lifestyle teen youtube girls from that era#consummerism was a massive thing (it still is but its so obvious when you look at blog archives and videos from that era)#youtubers with non disclosed sponsorships#bethany mota and amanda steele vaguely saying “this brand sent me this product to give to you guys!”#it was really just watching the birth of what we know as influencers today and its really interesting to me#theres a lack of cuts theres a lack of scripting theres long tangents#people were only just then realizing you can make money via haul videos and makeup tutorials#bethany mota had a fashion line at aeropostle purely because of her status as a youtuber#there was a big rise at the time of people being against flaunting overpriced designer during that time because of the recession#but there was still a hugggeee hold with consumerism and classism#hauls with brandy and f21 and ae like i cant afford that im sure you cant afford $600 at american eagle on a weekly basis#i have lots of thoughts idk#anyways backtracked#i think its funny because here i am talking about how horribly i need b&bw and vs pink#but like its all secondhand shit for $15 online now#nobody wants this stuff!!!!!! cycles!!! capitalism!!!! i dont know you get what i mean!!!!!!!!!!!#skyler posting
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I don't know much about Wicked but based on what I've seen and heard I'm assuming they're gay
#i mean i know what its about but ive never been that interested in it#i'll probably find a recording to watch on youtube later
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tatort: gefallene engel // yann tiersen: sur le fil
in honor of the one-year anniversary of me watching this episode <3
#which is. TOMORROW BABEY!! september 26th :DD#tatort münchen#one year of munchort brain! insane! i feel like its simultaneously been much longer and not nearly that long#ive. grown up a lot in this past year#funny that this is actually causing me more introspection than the new year or anything did#guess it's cause i can nail down so precisely when and where and in which emotional state i first watched this episode#anyway please enjoy this i spent so much time on it. it IS a faceless vid because i love those (youtube user lovesickcowboys i owe you#everything) and it does not mean anything its just a homage to the aesthetics of this episode because idk if you guys have noticed but i#fucking love this episode#set that boy on FIRE#i am also emotionally attached to this yann tiersen song due to circumstances that occurred august/september a year ago so yes. very much#catering to me specifically with this one but then again dont i always#okay enough rambling. POST
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vivilly thoughts in my brained
#i want to draw him but i got so pissed earlier I couldn't even think straight 😭😭 SO I DIDN'T#ive been watching dsmp comps the whole day too. man i miss those times HDJCJEKFJ#feels nice actually being able to talk about this here though#no one can ignore me if i'm by myself#no one can make fun of me like this#i can just speak and speak and speak and maybe someone will hear. whoever that might be#ALSO I FORGOT THIS NAME IS ALSO SORT OF MY DISCORD USERNAME OH NO#so scared what if one of the dudebros from vivilly's server finds me AAAAHHHH#theyre like weirdly transphobic if i had pronouns in my bio they'd call me a woman#i hate his discord server actually#people can be so offensive#legit if a cis man with he/him in his bio went into that server and tried talking shit everyone would be like “WOMAN WOMAN WOMAN WOMAN”#it doesn't help because the ava situation viv talked about kind of showed how weird viv can be with pronouns too#like he used she her a few times but for the entire rest of the video he Seemingly Just Forgot#or he's one of those people that misgender the person in question when he's talking abt them before their transition#i really hope he isnt doing it on purpose though. he is such a comfort youtuber to me. him and palpers mean so much to me its fucking insane
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watched whitepine 1. i think i want to gather all my thoughts on part 1 before moving on to the next installments but oh wow im excited to see where this story goes
#this is one of those projects that makes me wish minecraft youtubers hired professional voiceactors.#lowkey as i watch ive been imagining this as a fortiche production. & i dont mean either this or the thing about VAs as an insult!!!#it just . would feel right. this is so great i feel like im watching an award nominated indie film and not a minecraft production#and the reason i mentioned fortiche specifically is because their ability to make these odd inhuman designs (see: lest steb and babette)#fit right into the mainly realistic human world they inhabit in arcane was just wonderful and i loved it a lot#and i think that would work well with these wacky mcyt skins. like princezam is literally a yellow blob#anyway so those were all my little notes about how much i love animation . onto actually discussing the story#um . i really loved ivorys character. everyone else isnt very developed yet (understandable! ive watched 30 minutes of this thing so far)#you can get a grasp of what shes about. i liked the scene with seraptor where she freaks out a bit when asked if she doesnt like#how much he talks. it made me cry a little bit because i have Issues#and her referring to everyone as sir or ma'am and asking permission to do anything as well as always saying that she was staying#in the servant side of the house and all that is very . like just kinda sad. very interesting#i like the melancholic atmosphere everywhere as well as all the wideshots#(and i liked the parts where while following minute(? i think. not well versed in the names of this general crowd im ngl) ivory kept#looking around everywhere. and how she stood somewhere behind him when he was talking to the person at the gate or whatever#i like her!)#it all sets the tone very nicely . i like this series#go watch it maybe#voidcore.txt
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just bought slay the princess :D
#i have been watching a therapist's playthrough on youtube#ive seen a ton of playthroughs but his is my favourite#and im going insane waiting for the next episode#so impulsive purchase :)#in half an hour i shall begin my quest to marry the princess- i mean slay the princess
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ok does anyone know anything about laptops & is willing to impart their wisdom on me. i am looking i think at the lenovo legions but. i honestly have no clue
#honestly i mostly use my laptop for watching youtube#but i play some games while on discord with friends. mostly just minecraft tho. thats probably the hardest it needs to handle#oh uncharted 4. thatd be nice#also like. ive been doing some intensive things to do with videos & shit recently. on gimp & photoshop and i would like whatever i need to#handle that. because adding in a bunch of layers kills my current laptop#(the errors scratch disk so.... memory?)#nyxtalks#all i know is. bigger number is better. right?#but also ive seen reviews saying like. bigger numbers only good if it can cool it. also i think my budget only extends up to 4070 anyway#and by budget i mean. how much i can force myself to spend on something before i cry#i want a laptop thatll last me at minimum 6 years. minimum.
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i have not been able to go by a day without thinking about these battle cats recently. is this what people meant when they say an interest doesnt die it just waits for the day you let your guard down to come biting your ass back
#and by battle cats i mean lion LOLLLLL#who else to think about aus of him killing og tigerstar when he had the chance#or med cat au shenanigans w yellowfang#or trying to figure out an arc about him and his powers#or just his relationship w other characters in general??? ?? ?#i donjt know guys this guy is eating my brain its insane#this is mostly bc ive been watching maps again HAHAHHA#have u watched bugbear dovewing map btw it isnt related to lion at (LOL) but its one of my favorites that ive binged#and it deserves to get 100k views so yeah there u go look that up on youtube and watch it its vibes are awesome
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i think one day ill have to actually make a german mcyt history chart but i keep falling down rabbit holes
#hermitcraft season 1 precedes minecraft hero by about one and a half years btw#not sure what to do with that information but it is interesting. i think i started watching towards the end of hero?#anyway this morning i woke up with fuckin. taddls roadtr7p song stuck in my head FOR SOME REASON#and like the only instance left on the internet of that song is someones reupload on soundcloud#so what i found on youtube instead was taddls hero-krieg rap. ahaha#yknow. this was my hermitgang. i guess#btw 700 main st by dat adam is almost 8 years old. this doesnt really have anything to with minecraft but its. something#also the german mcyt history thing already fails at the fact that ive never seen a single episode of craft attack in my life#so im kinda missing the essentials#anyway i have no idea why im rambling so much here this doesnt really mean anything to anyone#one day im gonna rewatch zombeys minecraft hero. one day. ive been meaning to do that for like 6 years#marly talks
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