PayPal’s Honey has been a massively popular Chrome extension for years, promising to find coupon codes and save consumers money, all without costing a dime. However, a recent video exposed shady ...
Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Honey is accused of failing to provide real savings and sniping revenue from creators. Google has updated its rules on Chrome ...
Google Chrome has made a policy update today that restricts how browser extensions can interact with affiliate codes, effectively banning the behavior of the controversial PayPal Honey extension. On ...
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.
Google is now blocking Chrome extensions from changing affiliate links and codes “without providing a tangible benefit to ...
After the Honey scandal, Google tightened its rules to stop shady affiliate link practices in Chrome extensions. Instead of ...
Google has updated its policies for Chrome extensions following a controversy over the Honey extension. The extension, from PayPal, has been accused by creators of misappropriating affiliate links ...
Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. If you're out of the loop about the Honey ...
Honey is a popular browser extension owned by PayPal that’s at the center of a big new controversy. As a new investigative video outlines, the extension that’s meant to save users money not only ...
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 to ...
Coupon browser extensions can save you hundreds of dollars when you shop online — and in some cases even in-store. You can ...