fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1870arrow-down126
arrow-up1844arrow-down1external-linkYouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over 'sleeping leech' Honey extension | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square168fedilink
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months 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 months 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 months agoI use Sponsorblock, but still hear ads sometimes because it’s not applied to downloads.
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.