By that definition, gossip with friends is advertisement too whenever it mentions a business. It’s an excessively broad view of ads, and that’s coming from an enby that won’t play live service games because of the dark patterns inherent to their design.
A self-published newspaper is absolutely an advertisement. So are posts on social media.
Advertising isn’t just pushing things on people who didn’t sign up for it.
By that definition, gossip with friends is advertisement too whenever it mentions a business. It’s an excessively broad view of ads, and that’s coming from an enby that won’t play live service games because of the dark patterns inherent to their design.