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Those kind of “self-advertisements” were, first of all, relatively uncommon, so much so that they were annoying and lampooned when they appeared. They were als
by teddyh 4y ago
Those kind of “self-advertisements” were, first of all, relatively uncommon, so much so that they were annoying and lampooned when they appeared. They were also not what we now normally name “advertisements”. Is “Sent by my iPhone” an advertisement? Strictly speaking, yes, but the word “advertisement”, in normal language (and assuming a web context), means a banner ad or similar. These buttons were not paid banner ads, is all I’m saying.
- avar 4y agoIt wasn't uncommon, most websites made by these popular GUI tools retrained these banners, You're using some narrow definition of "advertising" that doesn't match common use. You don't need to be paid to be a walking billboard. When the program you were using inserted these it was analogous to license plate frame advertising today[1]. Consumers don't get paid for those either, but it's advertising for car dealerships. There was also a culture of voluntarily inserting these, but that doesn't mean some of them weren't product placement or advertising. 1. https://www.zazzle.com/car+advertisement+license+plate+frames https://www.zazzle.com/car+advertisement+license+plate+frame...