An ad plugin was stealing revenue for a year and I didn't even notice

Re:An ad plugin was stealing revenue for a year and I didn't... by tobltobs on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @11:43AM (#30087801)

Could you please hint us to the sentence where he calls the 2% “stealing”, too?

You yourself say that "the increase from 2% to 30% is way more questionable". What is "questionable" about that? Maybe that is not stealing but it is an obvious fraud.

I really don't get what your motivation could be to defend that kind of shit.

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Re:An ad plugin was stealing revenue for a year and I didn't... by labcomputer on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:59PM (#30090089)

> What is "questionable" about that? Maybe that is not stealing but it is an obvious fraud.

The plugin author claims that the ramp-up to 30% is an anti-abuse measure. Supposedly, something triggered the abuse abuse flag and the rev-share ramped up as a "get in touch with us" signal, with the additional rev-share refunded when the user does get in touch.

Taken at face value, I think that's not unreasonable, though the lack of logging from the plug-in author's side is questionable (asking the customer how much they wanted refunded).

Where I think the jury is out is whether that is actually what happened, or whether the plug-in just ramps up every customer to see what their pain tolerance is.

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