fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square166linkfedilinkarrow-up1871arrow-down126
arrow-up1845arrow-down1external-linkYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square166linkfedilink
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years 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-up9·2 years 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 years 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 years 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.