Honey is a popular browser extension owned by PayPal thats at the center of a big new controversy. As a new investigative video outlines, the extension thats meant to save users money not only misses key discounts, but also intentionally redirects affiliate funds away from creators.Video claims Honey scams users out of best deals and creators out of revenuePayPal Honey is a browser extension youve probably heard of, if not installed and used during this holiday shopping season. Its available on Chrome, Safari, and more and has grown popular for good reason.Honey promises to provide the best deals and coupons for any product you purchase online, all with just a simple clickbut its now at the center of a big controversy.As documented in a multi-year investigative video, Honey appears to have two major issues:Intentionally not providing the best dealssomething thats key to its user promiseand stealing revenue from creators by removing their affiliate linksEssentially, YouTube channel MegaLag explains how Honey employs a variety of tactics through which it not only scams users out of finding the best deals and actually saving money, but it also steals key affiliate revenue from creators by replacing their affiliate links with its own.Heres the full video:No official PayPal response yet on Honey controversyPayPal has not yet issued a formal statement regarding the video, but many of the details exposed by MegaLag seem particularly hard to refute. Especially because in at least one case, PayPal provided confirmation to MegaLag that the extensions behavior was working as intended.Unfortunately, for a browser extension that seemed to promise so much to users at so little cost, the old adage seems proven once more: if its too good to be true, it probably isnt true.What do you think of the Honey controversy? Let us know in the comments.Best iPhone accessoriesAdd 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel