fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1867arrow-down126
arrow-up1841arrow-down1external-linkYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square168fedilink
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoI’ve never seen an ad for honey, not heard of it’s existence before this video. Ad blocking is the way
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoHmm ad blocking is not enough, because many YouTubers sponsor Honey inside of their videos. Maybe you also use Sponsorblock.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoNo I didn’t use sponsor block, I often manually skip sponsored sections. But none of the channels I follow shill for honey, apparently, and that’s a big plus.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI use Sponsorblock, but still hear ads sometimes because it’s not applied to downloads.
I’ve never seen an ad for honey, not heard of it’s existence before this video.
Ad blocking is the way
Hmm ad blocking is not enough, because many YouTubers sponsor Honey inside of their videos. Maybe you also use Sponsorblock.
No I didn’t use sponsor block, I often manually skip sponsored sections.
But none of the channels I follow shill for honey, apparently, and that’s a big plus.
I use Sponsorblock, but still hear ads sometimes because it’s not applied to downloads.