> On the other hand, they quickly responded by removing the ad and apologizing publicly. I hate this. It's about testing the waters, seeing with what you can g

> On the other hand, they quickly responded by removing the ad and apologizing publicly. I hate this. It's about testing the waters, seeing with what you can get away and how loud the users will cry. Nothing about this was happened without a reason. Automattic should just outright ban plugins that are using dark UI patterns like this.