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.

Google has changed its affiliate ads policies for Chrome extensions after the PayPal Honey debacle. Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the ...

Users are reacting negatively to questionable practices discovered last year regarding Honey, the discount code service.

Honey is an extension that automatically applies coupon codes found online when you shop online on sites like AliExpress and eBay. However, in December 2024, a video posted by the YouTube channel ...

In the wake of the controversy surrounding PayPal's Honey browser extension, Google Chrome has updated its policies to ban the practices that the extension was observed to be engaging in.

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 ...

Controversy aside, though, Honey mostly concealed that it was operating off of affiliate commissions, but has now finally disclosed that information. In a recent update to its Chrome Web Store ...

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 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 ...

Google updated its Chrome extension policy after PayPal's Honey was accused of deceptive practices by content creators. Honey allegedly diverted affiliate revenue and replaced creator links during ...