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		fxtentacle 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers t... That's somewhat antisocial, but perfectly legal in the US. It's called PayPal Honey, for example, and has been running for 13 years now.

rustc 18 days ago [–]

Since when does PayPal Honey replace ads on websites?

> PayPal Honey is a browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout with a single click.

galaxy_gas 18 days ago | [–]

They overwrite ad attributions, affiliate links, clickthrough attributions with their own.

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