All in all, useful and effective. It's a great way to save a few bucks, nab free shipping, etc. However - be careful if you are using Honey in addition to your own coupons. I had a coupon for $15 off that could only be combined with certain kinds of coupons and offers. I presume Honey has no way of knowing how coupons might combine (and all I saw was the codes honey listed, so I had no way of knowing how they would combine, either), so with the codes Honey added, my original $15 off coupon was nullified and I would have only gotten $8 dollars off. Luckily I noticed this and removed the codes Honey added, but it's something to look out for.

To respond to the devloper comment, it wasn't the codes that usually didn't work that ultimately made me remove it from my computer, it was how horrible it made Safari run. The Honey Extension really slowed things down. Between this and the fact that the codes didn't always work, I removed it. And FWIW, I didn't ever enter codes, I just let Honey do it, but like I mentioned, most times they didn't work...I downloaded this a couple of months ago on my MBA. Over the last couple of months, it has "saved" me some money on a few random purchases without me actually having to search for codes and trying them. I never signed up with Honey, I just let it do it's thing when browsing for items to buy. Most times it didn't do anything though... Anyway, I have noticed the last few weeks that my computer has been going really slow.... and this came on suddenly. I have gigabit internet and my computers no slouch, so I knew something was wrong... I had a hunch that it may be this app slowing everything down so today I deleted it from my computer.... and BAM! My computer is back to lightening fast! So, nevermind the fact that this is just a data miner (but what isn't anymore?) but this was an ok app. Too bad it slowed everything down so much though... I couldn't take how much it slowed Safari down and took it off... and it won't be back. I'll just have to go back to using google to search for coupons again! lol.

I used this app, and in the beginning, it saved me a few bucks. Sure, it is convenient to have an automatic coupon search when they even work. It is, however, unclear how to use the accumulated reward points (I guess they're helpful to use within their affiliated merchants?). Anyway, despite its usefulness or not, I uninstalled this app given the incredible amount of personal data it collects from users, including financial information, browser history, searches, location, and so much more. They build a comprehensive profile of their users to serve whatever business they run behind the curtains based on user data mining. Suppose this is okay if you don't mind giving away your sensitive data for free (the coupons are searchable anyway). Honey is a Paypal service, a company whose business model and ethics are not on my best consideration. If you make heavy use of online shopping, you can save a few dollars the easy way, but the trade of my personal information for such a convenience is definitely not worth it.

Honey, a “free” browser extension marketed as a tool to save users money, engages in harmful practices that exploit both influencers and consumers. It claims credit for sales by replacing affiliate links with its own through a system called last-click attribution, ensuring it receives commissions without contributing value. This tactic undermines influencers, especially smaller creators, who rely on these commissions as income. Partnering stores manipulate which coupon codes Honey provides, often withholding better deals to maximize profits.Honey collects user data, including shopping behaviors, often without clear consent, selling insights to third parties. This creates hidden costs for consumers who unknowingly compromise their privacy. Honey’s aggressive marketing tactics, promoting itself as a helpful tool, mask its true impact: exploiting influencers financially, misleading consumers, and undermining the ethics of affiliate marketing. Regulatory bodies like the Better Business Bureau are now investigating these deceptive practices, highlighting systemic flaws and raising questions about transparency, consent, and fairness in online marketing.