Honey isn't inserting themselves between the blogger and the seller automatically. The user is doing that when they use the Honey add-on after visiting the blogger's website.
This is no different then a user visiting a different website about the same product and clicking through the affiliate link on that new blogger's page before making the purchase.
What percent of the time does “using the honey add on” result in selecting a different vendor? That is, if you read a blog post and get linked to an Amazon page, does honey not try to capture a commission there? What if you open the add on to compare prices but still end up purchasing from Amazon?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I don’t use honey so don’t know the mechanics of how it works.
Do you work for them? It sounds like you work for them. Based on your description, the crux of it is they exactly do insert themselves between a blog / affiliate link and their incentivization towards a specific seller exactly does replace whatever commission the blog would have seen
It sounds a lot like the two of you work for one of Honey's competitors. You both are coming across as obtuse to the point where I wonder if it's intentional.
Oh wait, you say you're just a guy on the internet and you don't work for anyone in the industry? Yeah, pal, same here. The difference is that I base my comments on having used Honey as a customer, not on some random comment based on a random comment by someone who hasn't actually used the product we're all talking about it.
It's fine if you guys want talk out of your rears but at least be honest about what you're doing.
This is no different then a user visiting a different website about the same product and clicking through the affiliate link on that new blogger's page before making the purchase.