Incredibly fraudulent, steals affiliate commissions and DOES NOT give you the best coupon, for more information: youtube.com/watch?v=vc4yL3YTwWk

Honey is a browser extension owned by PayPal following a $4 billion acquisition, has been operating what appears to be a sophisticated scheme that undermines both content creators and consumers. At the heart of the controversy is Honey's practice of overriding affiliate links and replacing them with their own tracking codes, effectively stealing commissions that would otherwise go to content creators and influencers. An investigation done by the YouTuber "MegaLag" uncovered that when users activate the Honey extension, it surreptitiously removes the original affiliate's tracking cookie and substitutes its own, even when it provides no actual value or working coupon codes. This practice has particularly affected content creators like Linus Tech Tips, who promoted Honey extensively before discovering this behavior. Furthermore, the investigation revealed that Honey's claims about finding the best coupon codes are misleading, as the company allows partnering stores to control which codes appear on their platform, potentially limiting consumers' access to better deals. The scope of this issue is substantial, with Honey having sponsored nearly 5,000 videos across approximately 1,000 YouTube channels, accumulating 7.8 billion views. The Better Business Bureau even launched an inquiry into Honey's advertising claims, though the case was dropped after Honey discontinued certain claims. This situation has raised serious concerns about advertising fraud, affiliate fraud, and deceptive business practices in the digital marketplace.

Steals the commission from affiliate links

Ok so obviously based on all the other reviews this is a scam. AND over like, 6 years or so I've had it I saved only 15 dollars.

They've been colluding with sellers to not provide the best discount when the premise of the extension was to provide the best discount.

This company is a scam. YOU are the product. Stay away!

Scam

This company commits fraud. It replaces affiliate links from youtubers and influencers with their own so they get the commission instead of the content creator, even when they don't find a discount code.

Also, their partners control which codes are shown on honey and which ones aren't, so they literally do the opposite of finding you the best deal by actively hiding better coupons.

Don't use it.

It is a scam.

This app is a scam. They claim to find the lowest price discount codes but they will actively work with sites to remove discount codes if the site pays them. They also steal affiliate links. Search for the MegaLag expose on Youtube.

it's a scam

scam. straight up stealing from creators. barely even finds coupons anyways.

Does not in fact find you the best coupons. Sometimes they work with vendors to only give you a 5% off through honey when a quick Google search could get you something greater.

If you are trying to buy something through an affiliate link of your favorite YouTuber, and you use honey, then the YouTube gets nothing and honey gets the commission.

It's a scam

They are scamming users

SCAM ADDON - Watch MEGALAGS Video on Youtube.