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Everyone else is only talking about the scummy affiliate revenue stealing, but that's been public info for a while.
The more alarming stuff is that they partner with businesses to manage the coupon codes shown on Honey. If a business doesn't want consumers to have discounts below a certain percentage, they can remove those coupons from Honey. This means that Honey no longer does the thing that it's advertised to do, and they're getting paid affiliate revenue after lying to consumers.
That was my assumption all along IMO. Any time a coupon company gets big, it'll end up becoming an advertising platform, because there's a lot more money in that than saving people money, especially if you make people think they're saving money.
That's why I don't use Honey or any other coupon service, unless I'm actually about to buy something specific and looking for a discount (e.g. I'm happy with the price, but I'd be happier with a 10% discount).