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LegalEagle Suing PayPal's Honey (youtu.be)
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"The biggest scam in YouTube history"

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[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

This really does fall under two umbrella cautions. There's no such thing as a free lunch, and how are they making money? Suspicion was warranted from day one, especially if it was owned by PayPal.

Now, there are a lot of smart people on the internet who could have tracked all those messages and figured it out, like ultimately happened. I just wish they'd done it sooner.