A new update to Google's Chrome Web Store policy should help protect shoppers from dubious affiliate marketing extensions.

“Imagine being the influencers who promoted Honey, telling your audience—who, by the way, are the most likely to use your affiliate links—to download an app that poaches your affiliate sale ...

Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it paid for promotion by using its Chrome extension ...

The app and browser extension does that by rifling ... based YouTube video producer and tech investigator MegaLag, “Honey is a scam … [and] might be the biggest influencer scam of all time.” ...

You can still grab the Honey extension from the Chrome Web Store. Google's policy update seems directly related to the drama surrounding the extension; it's unclear how exactly the change will affect ...