As a result of the Honey expose, Google has now changed its Chrome extension policies concerning affiliate ads and marketing. First, as a refresher, Honey is a Chrome extension from PayPal that ...

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.

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.

Instead of only taking credit when it saved users money, Honey attempted to use its own affiliate ID for all sales. Google is now updating Chrome extension affiliate ad policies to explicitly ...

Separate from this issue, the browser extension 'Pie Adblock,' developed by the same developer as Honey, is suspected of stealing code from 'uBlockOrigin,' an open source ad blocker. 'Browser ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 4, 2025 / Levi & Korsinsky, LLP is investigating potential claims on behalf of consumer who used Paypal's Honey browser extension for shopping online ...