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minus-squareorsetto@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months agoAds try to sell you something, there is no “call to action”. Here, there is nothing to sell, so by definition it’s not an ad. They are just asking you if you’d like to help them in providing you the product you’re already using.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down17·2 months agoYou pretty clearly don’t know what a call to action is, or an ad is, because “please give money” is very obviously a call to action, and many ads make no effort whatsoever to sell any product.
Ads try to sell you something, there is no “call to action”. Here, there is nothing to sell, so by definition it’s not an ad.
They are just asking you if you’d like to help them in providing you the product you’re already using.
You pretty clearly don’t know what a call to action is, or an ad is, because “please give money” is very obviously a call to action, and many ads make no effort whatsoever to sell any product.