HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoPayPal Honey steals affiliate links and lies about finding the best couponsyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1935arrow-down130file-text
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minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 hours agoShow me a Wikipedia ad that they paid money for?
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 hours agoThey have a budget spent on advertising on wikipedia itself, plus the cost of the emails they send out asking for donations.
minus-squareamzd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·17 hours agoTheir advertisement budget is collected by guilt tripping Wikipedia users using the lie that the website would cease if they didn’t ”donate”.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoYes, their method of advertising/fundraising is atrocious. They still have an advertising budget and their product is benevolent and free.
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Show me a Wikipedia ad that they paid money for?
They have a budget spent on advertising on wikipedia itself, plus the cost of the emails they send out asking for donations.
Their advertisement budget is collected by guilt tripping Wikipedia users using the lie that the website would cease if they didn’t ”donate”.
Yes, their method of advertising/fundraising is atrocious. They still have an advertising budget and their product is benevolent and free.
I agree