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Advertising is a verb (or a genre). It is not an ad. An ad itself can use dark patterns (good example: the skype ads looking like UI elements) – but that does n

by onli 10y ago

Advertising is a verb (or a genre). It is not an ad. An ad itself can use dark patterns (good example: the skype ads looking like UI elements) – but that does not make advertising itself one.

conceit 10y ago
Ad is short for advertisement, but I pull the "I'm not a native speaker" card.