Comment by Handprint4469
1 year ago
> These are not ads, rather something that is generated natively by the platform, not leading anywhere else but the platform that the user is already on
So if Instagram shows you ads about Meta AI, it doesn't count as ads because both are owned by Meta?
Yes, in my mind, just saying "ads" are more for like Nike or Hyundai, than for a service provider upselling its own products. But this point is technically valid, these are advertisements as well. Just not what I, or others, first think of when they read "Instagram is using my face on ads".
If you go into a Hyundai dealer and see a big banner about their new financing plan, isn’t that an ad?
If the Nike catalog includes a full page promo for nike.com, isn’t that an ad?
Yes, it's an ad.
My point is, and I even edited the original comment so that it comes across better: "ads on instagram" implies third party ads much more, than fist party upsells. Another example is "Ads in Windows". The popup for OneDrive is much less egregious than Candy Crush, or tabloid news in the Start Menu. This is because, while the user asked for neither, some consent was already given for the first party, while no consent was given to the third party.
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