3 comments

  • packtreefly 12 hours ago ago

    All it is doing is opening a new tab when the user clicks a button, then closing that tab. The JavaScript that replaces the cookie comes from the site itself. I'm sure there's an API call that happens inside the extension to look up the affiliate link to load, but that's probably it.

    They wrap all their magic behind that single click, but to be fair, that's exactly how the traditional coupon code sites (e.g. retailmenot) have always worked. Honey just wrapped it into a browser extension and promoted the hell out of it.

  • AznHisoka 4 hours ago ago

    Because they simply do not care, and won't put any resources in policing the chrome store. I mean, just look at all the Chrome extensions owned by companies that track all the websites you visit and sell it to marketers in the past 10-15 years (Exhibit #1: SimilarWeb). Google doesn't care. It's that simple.

  • jqpabc123 13 hours ago ago

    Does Google make money from code reviews?

    The web store mainly serves as a payment gateway.