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That's... not an ad? User used Meta AI to touch up a selfie, now Meta AI is generating more selfies for you.

I can understand the annoyance from cross-linking apps in the same way it's annoying to get the Threads popup in your feed, but really, this is utter clickbait.

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kind of an interesting question -- are product nudges ads? like when there's a button to use a paid feature which pops up on top of a different button, is it an ad? it's not third party.

When a TV network airs promos for its own shows, is it an ad?

Yes.

I remember being utterly baffled by this as a kid at other peoples houses. "Let me get this straight, you pay a bunch of money for 'special' TV channels that say they have no ads, and you still have to watch ads? What kind of insane horseshit is this?".

Put me off non free to air TV for my entire adult life until streaming services became a thing, and you better believe I'm immediately unsubscribing from those the second they pause a video I'm watching to show me promos or ads.

spectrum here from 'guest actor promoting tie-in show', to unrelated product placement, to unskippable ads at the beginning of prime shows, to 'watch next episode' button at the end of an episode

You'd call it an ad if you saw it in any other context, so yes.

The definition of "ad" depends on context though (that's the point).

I’m sure the advertising industry has a specific term and definition for this type of ad.

On that basis, I think it falls squarely in the advertising category.

I’m sure someone that works in that industry can drop their knowledge on it.

yes exactly -- like a free sample of a snack food is an ad but not all snack foods are ads

I mean it really is an ad, just an ad for one of Meta’s own products. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is quite literally an ad where one team is winning the ad auction to place these into the feed.

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