This one is now opt in with very ambiguous language and doesn’t tell you what is doing. I like suggested search results and might check that if I didn’t know better.
I’m curious as to whether the industry will start moving from last-touch attribution to first-touch (or multi-touch) attribution instead.
The only reason last-touch (last affiliate link gets all the credit) is commonplace now is because it’s easy to implement. No need for long-term tracking. What the industry really wants is either first-touch (first affiliate link or ad you click gets the credit) or multi-touch (the payment is split between every affiliate), depending on who you ask.
Aside from the element of deception towards their sponsored creators, I wonder if this will set president for what is a relatively common practice.
https://sirlinksalot.co/affiliate-hijacking/
Honey isn’t the only one doing this. Brave Browser does it too:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/10134
Does it did? It’s not clear from the link at first glance.
What, sorry? I think you have a typo.
So do you. “Precedent”
This one is now opt in with very ambiguous language and doesn’t tell you what is doing. I like suggested search results and might check that if I didn’t know better.
https://brave.com/blog/referral-codes-in-suggested-sites/
They have a habit of doing pretty terrible scammy practices, funnily their bugs all seem to make them money:
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/191yu33/why_is_brave_highly_disliked_in_the_privacy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42353473
I’m curious as to whether the industry will start moving from last-touch attribution to first-touch (or multi-touch) attribution instead.
The only reason last-touch (last affiliate link gets all the credit) is commonplace now is because it’s easy to implement. No need for long-term tracking. What the industry really wants is either first-touch (first affiliate link or ad you click gets the credit) or multi-touch (the payment is split between every affiliate), depending on who you ask.