HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoA useful question to ask when hearing about a new company is “What’s your business model?”
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere is no such thing as a free and benevolent product with an advertising budget.
minus-squareamzd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoTheir advertisement budget is collected by guilt tripping Wikipedia users using the lie that the website would cease if they didn’t ”donate”.
A useful question to ask when hearing about a new company is “What’s your business model?”
There is no such thing as a free and benevolent product with an advertising budget.
Wikipedia
Their advertisement budget is collected by guilt tripping Wikipedia users using the lie that the website would cease if they didn’t ”donate”.