Not only do they know it, Paypal owns Honey.

Yup, I know that. It's also mentioned in the video.
What I'm curious about is, did Paypal buy it before they knew about how Honey operated, or after they knew about how Honey operated?

Good question. We may find out.

Hmm....holding people's fund with authoritarian styled content moderation...

Or holding money if they think ya made too much.

And now a scam...

Paypal should be called Payfoe

I saw a video outlining how Honey was scamming the YouTube folks that were pushing it. Effectively stealing their associate links. A couple of years ago, I took a look at Honey after my stepmother mentioned it. The so called savings were poor and I convinced her to remove it. I'm glad I did.