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  • cadekat@pawb.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.worldLegalEagle Suing PayPal's Honey
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    13 days ago

    I’m not claiming that it was “intuitive”, just that the browser did tell the user exactly what the add-on was allowed to do. Sure, Chrome and Firefox deserve some blame for not making the warning more explicit/dire, but they did make an attempt. Overwriting cookies and rewriting affiliate links are subsets of “access your data”.

    Also, I’m not claiming that I knew exactly what Honey was doing, just that I suspected it was shady and recommended no one use it.


  • cadekat@pawb.socialtoTechnology@lemmy.worldLegalEagle Suing PayPal's Honey
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    It wasn’t “uncovered” though. This is their business model. I’ve told every person I know using Honey for years that it’s a shady extension and they should stop using it. Unfortunately I don’t have a huge following to offset Honey’s massive ad spend.

    I’m not calling anyone stupid, but stop treating this like it’s new information. Your browser warned you this might happen when you installed the extension:













  • cadekat@pawb.socialtoLinux@lemmy.mlWhich distro?
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    4 months ago

    I run Gentoo as my main distro, and have for a couple years now. It’s a pretty stable rolling release (IMO more stable than Arch), and since you’re already an advanced user, the experience should be pretty rewarding!

    The wiki is great, and the installation handbook is top notch.

    You get to control exactly what features each package is compiled with, so no bloat at all.

    KDE 6 just landed too!