• AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    At one point they were scummy enough to automatically add their referral codes to any Amazon link you see. Lots of people today still mindlessly recommend Brave, and that’s what’s wrong in general with the “but the UX is so nice” mentality.

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      1 year ago

      Its almost like UX is one of the most important things for a user of any given program. 🥴

      • _jonatan_@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        How exactly does one accidentally insert affiliate data on links? At some point someone wrote that code, which is malicious in itself, even if the activation was accidental.