As a result of the Honey expose, Google has now changed its Chrome extension policies concerning affiliate ads and marketing.

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Honey is a free Chrome extension with over 17 million users that finds coupons to help shoppers save extra money at checkout. But in late December, a YouTuber known as MegaLag accused Honey of being a ...

Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it paid for promotion by using its Chrome extension ...

Last year, the browser extension Honey got caught up in controversy over how it took affiliate revenue away from creators.

A new update to Google's Chrome Web Store policy should help protect shoppers from dubious affiliate marketing extensions.

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 ...

You can still grab the Honey extension from the Chrome Web Store. Google's policy update seems directly related to the drama surrounding the extension; it's unclear how exactly the change will affect ...

Google has updated its affiliate advertising policy for Chrome extensions following allegations against popular Honey browser ...

Moving forward, Google Chrome extensions can only use affiliate links, discount codes, and cookies if they offer a clear, direct benefit at checkout, like real discounts or cash rebates. Extensions ...

Google Chrome has made a policy update today that restricts how browser extensions can interact with affiliate codes, effectively banning the behavior of the controversial PayPal Honey extension.

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.