I don't think that the connection here should be dismissed outright; I agree that just as news has bias, and clicks drive profits, so too can news drive profits and therefore be considered advertising. However, I think, as another commenter has pointed out, you maybe could serve your argument better by digging deeper into the examples in the pattern of behavior you believe to have exemplified here and ask, "Why?"
For example, in the only example you dive deep into, its important to ask: why would Have I Been Pwned," a website I understand to be donation driven not-for-profit service and only takes in an email and spits out hits on already... (read more)
I don't think that the connection here should be dismissed outright; I agree that just as news has bias, and clicks drive profits, so too can news drive profits and therefore be considered advertising. However, I think, as another commenter has pointed out, you maybe could serve your argument better by digging deeper into the examples in the pattern of behavior you believe to have exemplified here and ask, "Why?"
For example, in the only example you dive deep into, its important to ask: why would Have I Been Pwned," a website I understand to be donation driven not-for-profit service and only takes in an email and spits out hits on already... (read more)