The popular PayPal-owned coupon-browser extension Honey faces lawsuits that charge it’s unfairly funneling commissions that ...

Honey, a popular browser extension owned by PayPal, is the target of one YouTuber's investigation that was widely shared over the weekend—over 6 million views in just two days. The 23-minute ...

Six months after the coupon hunting extension Honey was accused of cheating shoppers and influencers, it appears the ...

He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. The PayPal Honey browser extension is, in theory, a handy way to find better deals on products while you’re shopping online.

Late last year the popular Chrome extension Honey (owned by PayPal) was revealed for employing a few shady tactics, and the extension has since lost around 4 million users on Google’s browser alone.

Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the shady affiliate tactics of PayPal's coupon Chrome extension, Honey, went viral. As a result of the ...

Google has altered the rules around Chrome extensions to block the tactics the Honey extension is believed to have used. Normally, a change to a Google affiliate ads policy wouldn't be newsworthy.

Google updated its Chrome extension policy after PayPal's Honey was accused of deceptive practices by content creators. Honey allegedly diverted affiliate revenue and replaced creator links during ...

Last year, the browser extension Honey got caught up in controversy over how it took affiliate revenue away from creators. Instead of only taking credit when it saved users money, Honey attempted ...

This is the situation with PayPal’s Honey. PayPal’s Honey, once a popular Chrome browser extension that promised to save users money by finding coupon codes, lost approximately 3 million users ...

Google does not want a repeat of the Honey Chrome extension scandal. To prevent that from happening again, the company is tightening its Chrome extension affiliate ad policies and making some changes.