It is getting increasingly difficult to guage what's native advertisment and what's not. It is not just social media or e-commerce websites but the enthusiast blogs, review sites, and YouTube channels doing sutble paid pieces.
The erstwhile online forums driven by volunteers and like-minded individuals are the only last known place remaining that don't seem to have hidden agendas. And I dread their demise.
The eternal october [0][1] of advertising is here. The only way I have managed to escape is firewalling them out of my home network, but that's like isolating myself in a cocoon and leaves a large part of today's internet inaccessible.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
[1] https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2000/10/google-launches-sel...