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Great, can't wait to see publishers "endorse" their advertising partners because they really "love" them so much. I wonder how many publishers would even buy into this given that their primary reason for integrating with an ad network is to make big ad revenue to support their (mostly) content-driven business.

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Even if it works, do we really want to read tons of content biased by the fact that the author is getting paid to promote a product/brand?

This is like a lighter form of referral marketing posts where you read an entire text only to realize the person was trying to convince you to click a link and buy something (Then you can't trust the neutrality of the post you just read).

Edit: At least, with adsence, you can monetize without being biased towards a particular brand/product.

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