I think you’re missing the point. Honey is stealing affiliate credits from influencers who don’t have any relationship with them.
If a YouTuber posts an link with their own affiliate code and during checkout the user uses the Honey extension to look for coupons Honey steals the affiliate credit even if they don’t have a coupon the YouTuber gets nothing.
*Even if they know there is a coupon, but are hiding it from you because of a partner relationship with the store who hasn't published any coupons to their honey admin portal.
I very much agree that it's bad in this regard and potentially even illegal, I just don't think they were ever misleading about the fact that they do this.
If a YouTuber posts an link with their own affiliate code and during checkout the user uses the Honey extension to look for coupons Honey steals the affiliate credit even if they don’t have a coupon the YouTuber gets nothing.