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For anyone concerned, there's nothing to worry about! This specific article isn't directly sponsored. It's just a generic ad network at the bottom that's 'SPONSORED'.

Ah, I see. My ad blocker blocked the ads, but kept the word "Sponsored" just floating around with no context.

Disable your ad block and you'll see adverts underneath it. https://imgur.com/a/zbvTh

fun fact: the ad was brought to us by "Dianomi" which is the Greek word for "distribution".

With my adblocker on I see the same thing, with it off, that label is moved to a right-hand column as a header for sidebar ads

Those are sponsored links a la Taboola. If you reload without a content blocker you'll see them.

Your adblocker is probably removing sponsored posts. It's unrelated to this article.

Turn off your adblock and reload the page and you'll see it on the right-hand side.