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Over the weekend, Wendover Productions and Business ingredients (Ali Spagnola's production company) teamed up with Devin Stone (LegalEagle) and hired a law firm to represent them in a potential class action lawsuit against PayPal for the anti-creator practices of Honey.
For those unfamiliar, Megalag posted a video that resurfaced concerns about browser extension Honey (owned by Paypal) and it's intentional hijacking of creator affiliate codes (the way Sam gets paid when you sign up for GroundNews). While the scam isn't entirely new, Megalag was far more explicit about how the scam worked and the intentional deception Honey appears to use to stop users from realizing they are no longer supporting a creator.
There could be a consumer class action suit, given Honey also intentionally withheld offers from customers while promising the best deal, but unsurprisingly the creator industry were first to file suit.
Waiting for the LegalEagle/Wendover video on "The Logistics of Class-Action Lawsuits"...
Link to Megalag's video exposing the details of the scam:
Link to article about lawsuit:
Link to text of lawsuit:
Link to court proceedings (thanks u/PikachuFloorRug for the link):