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Strengthening Our Policies on Affiliate Programs in Chrome Extensions (chrome.com)
14 points by juliand 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


This is a response to Honey's controversial tactics.

Megalag's video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4yL3YTwWk


It's interesting (but perhaps predictable) that Google are still allowing existing affiliate tracking data to be overridden by extensions like Honey, just for applying a slight discount.

With the conversion rate already so high at the checkout screen where coupons are applied, it seems hard to make the case that snagging the referral from the original referring party is fair.




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