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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by Workaccount2 on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @07:48PM (#44438998)
They could have slid in their referral link, which would probably make them decent money, but the "ick" factor is pretty high from consumers.

I'm sure there will be a replacement though, and I'm sure they will go hard with referral links.

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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by guappa on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:39AM (#44441373)
Just make it opt in
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