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minus-squareeRac@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoRakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut. Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.
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Rakuten is up front about it. They force their affiliate links, then pay you part of their cut.
Honey forces their affiliate links in exchange for maybe finding you a discount code.
I also think Rakuten compensates me fairly. I take the payout in Amex points. Instead of money they give me 1 cent per point which I can leverage to a value of around 5 cpp through transfers
I book my hotels for with them for generally 5%. It adds up.