The Google Assistant has turned into a virtual salesman with the introduction of ads

The Verge reached out to Google to see what they had to say about the matter, and the response that the company came back with is quite interesting. A spokesperson for Google responded by saying that, "This isn't an ad; the beauty in the Assistant is that it invites our partners to be our guest and share their tales." However, with various users reporting that they're still receiving this audio promo even without having done any prior searches for Beauty and the Beast, we're not sure what Google's definition of an ad is if they don't consider this to be one.
While people have run across the Beauty and the Beast "advertisement" on the Google Assistant through their smartphone, it appears to be much more prevalent on Google Home. We've yet to hear it, but it looks like this is something a lot of people are experiencing. We can't say that we blame Google for messing around with ads on Assistant/Home, but we'd love to know your thoughts about this in the comments below.
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