I would define ads as promoting other businesses' products, as you would see on YouTube etc.
Upselling is basically just unlocking additional features. If you object to that, then you're objecting to the freemium model, not to "ads".
Upselling is basically just unlocking additional features. If you object to that, then you're objecting to the freemium model, not to "ads".
They do that, they call them "quests". Companies pay them to promote their product/service and users get rewards for doing a task (like playing a game, watching a video, etc.) https://discord.com/ads/quests
The article that parent linked even says it.
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