The popular Honey extension for Chrome has lost over 5 million users in six months following an exposé on its shady tactics.

MegaLag also did not immediately respond. A spokesperson for PayPal Honey provided the following statement: “Honey is free to use and provides millions of shoppers with additional savings on ...

PayPal acquired Honey in 2020 for $4 billion. YouTube tech journalist MegaLag posted a video on Dec. 21 that accuses Honey of scamming influencers. MegaLag accused Honey of breaching content ...

PayPal’s Honey browser extension has been lauded for years as an easy way to find coupons online. But some are calling it a “scam” after a deep dive from YouTuber MegaLag, who accused Honey ...

Marketing for Honey has relied on promotion by high-profile influencers, including YouTube titan Mr. Beast. Plaintiffs filed the suit just nine days after New Zealand YouTube creator MegaLag ...

Google updates its policy after YouTuber MegaLag details a scheme under which the PayPal-owned Honey swapped creators' affiliate links for its own. By Emily Forlini March 13, 2025 ...

Honey, which PayPal acquired for $4 billion in 2019, works by automatically presenting users with relevant coupon codes as they shop. However, in a video posted last month, YouTuber MegaLag descri ...

In December 2024, a video on YouTube by the channel MegaLag exposed Honey for two shady practices. The first was how the extension took advantage of affiliate codes. Honey has always used ...