> Have you never recommended anything to your friends? That's advertising It's not advertising, because you don't profit from it. Advertising is fundamentally

> Have you never recommended anything to your friends? That's advertising It's not advertising, because you don't profit from it. Advertising is fundamentally dishonest, because I (as the viewer) cannot know if you're recommending a product because it's good, or because you get paid for it. On the other hand, recommendations are more likely to be honest, because the person making them doesn't profit from making them (and in fact stands to loose something, if the recommendation turns out to be bad).