fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square169fedilinkarrow-up1873arrow-down124
arrow-up1849arrow-down1external-linkYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·3 days agoYoutubers who had their affiliate links hijacked aren’t subject to the EULA.
minus-squareBazoogle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoExactly. The forced arbitration is for Honey users. These random people with affiliate links are not Honey users.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoUnless they themselves were also Honey users, perhaps.
minus-squareBazoogle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoA couple things, some of the plaintiffs listed appear to be business, and not users anyway. Regardless, I cannot imagine it would be difficult to find someone who made money via affiliate links and also never used honey
Youtubers who had their affiliate links hijacked aren’t subject to the EULA.
Exactly. The forced arbitration is for Honey users. These random people with affiliate links are not Honey users.
Unless they themselves were also Honey users, perhaps.
A couple things, some of the plaintiffs listed appear to be business, and not users anyway. Regardless, I cannot imagine it would be difficult to find someone who made money via affiliate links and also never used honey