• Technus@lemmy.zip
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    25 days ago

    The very first time I saw an ad for Honey I knew there had to be a catch. Nothing is ever free.

    It wasn’t immediately obvious how they were going to make money, though. I figured they’d just sell gather and sell user data. I had completely forgotten about affiliate links. But they probably also sell your data for good measure.

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        25 days ago

        Do they still exist? In China and Malaysia where I’ve been living for the last 10 years there are only QR codes at the items that you can scan with the IKEA app.

        If you don’t want to install the app, all you can do is take photos of the labels, or bring your own pens.

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          25 days ago

          Still exist in UK as of last year, short wooden pencils stacked in a plastic cube, free for as many as you can take before security gets angy

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            24 days ago

            Yeah that’s what I’m used to from Germany as well, but seems like they either never implemented it in Asia, or got rid of it a long time ago.