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Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by Given_47 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @04:10AM (#36734656)
Yea affiliate deals r abhorrent. And I wasn’t even aware of how high stakes it can be until this article:

https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg...

Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by maccard on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:22AM (#36735044)
That's a great article, thanks for the link
Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by dna_polymerase on Saturday July 15, 2023 @06:19AM (#36735257)
I keep telling this to my parents. You can't trust product recommendations on the internet. It's all just affiliate bullshit.

Not a single credible page out there!

Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by justinclift on Saturday July 15, 2023 @06:51AM (#36735427)
Oh wow. Looking at the fortunes of the Casper place in the time since, Wikipedia has it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Sleep

    On February 6, 2020, it went public at $12 per share, translating to a market value
    of $476 million ...

    On March 31, 2020, its stock dropped to $4.12 per share, translating to a market
    value of $163 million ...

    In April 2020, Casper announced the winding down of its European operations and laid
    off 21% of its staff ...

    In November 2021, Casper announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement
    to be acquired ...

    The transaction completed in January 2022 and Casper's stock was delisted from the
    New York Stock Exchange.
Re:Avast Scandal: Why We Stopped Recommending Avast and AVG by Given_47 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:58PM (#36740415)
Love it. And now that I think about it, I have stopped noticing the incessant Casper ads scattered around SF