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I think they are talking about the tracking capabilities of these ads, which are unexpected by the user and compromise their privacy. Thus, they behave as malware.

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Shouldn't be unexpected if you agreed to the ToS/EULA.

... but that's what many other malware authors say as well :)

... they probably even tell it to themselves to better sleep at night.

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