this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2025
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I can't think of anything more "late stage capitalism" than one of the most central internet companies propping up a fake product to steal crumbs from affiliate links of all things.

Considering how central "creators" and entertainment are to Yankee culture, I wouldn't be surprised if this even led to a Congress hearing lol.

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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 5 days ago

It opens a new tab with the PayPal affiliate link to set the referral cookie, then reloads the user tab to reflect that change.