After the Honey scandal, Google tightened its rules to stop shady affiliate link practices in Chrome extensions. Instead of just finding deals, Honey was secretly swapping affiliate links, cutting creators and influencers out of their earnings.

Honey is accused of failing to provide real savings and sniping revenue from creators. Google has updated its rules on Chrome extensions to address affiliate program abuse. Despite thcontroversy, Honey's extension remains available on the Chrome Web Store.

This change is part of Chrome's migration to the new extension specification, Manifest V3, which Google states is designed to enhance privacy and security. Users on social media platforms have reported receiving notifications in Chrome indicating that certain extensions are "no longer supported" and have been turned off.