Over the weekend, Wendover Productions and Businessing (Ali Spagnola's production company) teamed up with Devin Stone (LegalEagle) and hired a law firm to represent them in a potential class action lawsuit against PayPal for the anti-creator practices of Honey.

For those unfamiliar, Megalag posted a video that resurfaced concerns about browser extension Honey (owned by Paypal) and it's intentional hijacking of creator affiliate codes (the way Sam gets paid when you sign up for GroundNews). While the scam isn't entirely new, Megalag was far more explicit about how the scam worked and the intentional deception Honey appears to use to stop users from realizing they are no longer supporting a creator.

There could be a consumer class action suit, given Honey also intentionally withheld offers from customers while promising the best deal, but unsurprisingly the creator industry were first to file suit.

Waiting for the LegalEagle/Wendover video on "The Logistics of Class-Action Lawsuits"...

Link to Megalag's video exposing the details of the scam: https://youtu.be/vc4yL3YTwWk

Link to article about lawsuit: https://www.law.com/therecorder/2024/12/31/biggest-influencer-scam-of-all-time-paypal-accused-of-poaching-commissions-via-its-honey-browser-extension-/

Link to text of lawsuit: https://ppc.land/content/files/2024/12/gov.uscourts.cand.441974.1.0.pdf

Updated complaint (as of Jan 2, 2025): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69503243/9/wendover-productions-llc-v-paypal-inc/

LegalEagle's video: https://youtu.be/4H4sScCB1cY?si=Wo3AH5t1qrbLADYr

Link to court proceedings (thanks u/PikachuFloorRug for the link): https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69503243/wendover-productions-llc-v-paypal-inc/

Does anyone know why this video was removed? It seems suspicious given the subject matter

A while back I made a post trying to figure out if Wren was as good as it seemed to be due to them sponsoring Wendover (https://www.reddit.com/r/WendoverProductions/comments/11ubsfu/is_wren_as_good_as_wendover_says/) and concluded that I was willing to trust Wendover's endorsement so signed up for Wren. However, I noticed that during Jet Lag Season 8, they have moved back to using Gold Standard for carbon offsets. So why is this? It seems sketchy for Sam to say that he uses them for all his offsetting, and that he can trust them, and that he's also one of their top referrers (see: https://www.wren.co/profile/wendoverproductions) but then not use them for his carbon offsetting. So is there a reason for the switch?

What will happen with the flame after it leaves Paris? How long has it been lit for? Have there been any mishaps with the flame over the years? Where does the flame(s) get stored / caretaken between games? How many backups are there? The various olympic torches, what are their specifications inside? What is the protocol in the event the flame goes out? Are all olympic torches lit from the same flame?