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.

  • underisk [none/use name]
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    5 days ago

    It’s an extension. It can inject scripts into the page, and change the url parameters and cookie values, which is how referrals are tracked. It’s not hardened against something you’ve given permission to do these things by voluntarily installing an extension.