Microsoft: “Ours is not an ads either, it’s a recommendation for a store app. We’re not advertising products you cannot install on your PC.”
Comment on Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 months agoIt’s not an ad. Nobody is being paid to put that there. It’s a promotion.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 months ago
It’s an ad because its shown as a condition of payment/something economical.
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In that case, you’re contradicting yourself, because the Ubuntu “promotions” require a money exchange.
vardogor@mander.xyz 6 months ago
they’re advertising their paid product, don’t really see a difference. even semantically
LodeMike@lemmy.today 6 months ago
It is very different.
vardogor@mander.xyz 6 months ago
advertisement /,ædvər’taɪzmənt/ noun a public promotion of some product or service
laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No, it isn’t.
NoFun4You@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If by very different you mean exactly the same