Any word if this is Sense-driven and if it will be avoided if you use an alternative launcher? My instinct says yes, since it's supposed to be Sense that HTC wa

Any word if this is Sense-driven and if it will be avoided if you use an alternative launcher? My instinct says yes, since it's supposed to be Sense that HTC was rolling out ads to, although the fact that it showed up in the Notification bar makes me wonder if it bypasses the launcher altogether.