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Advertising & Affiliate Disclosures

At dontbeac.app, our commitment to editorial honesty requires total transparency regarding how our independent technical publication generates revenue to fund server infrastructure, benchmark compute, and ongoing software research.

1. Google AdSense & Display Advertising

We partner with Google LLC to serve contextual, non-intrusive display advertisements through Google AdSense. In strict compliance with Google Publisher Policies:

  • Visual Separation: All advertising units are clearly distinguished from editorial copy. We never disguise ads as navigation bars, download buttons, or editorial recommendations.
  • No Incentivized Clicks: We never encourage, solicit, or incentivize visitors to click ads, nor do we employ automated bots, click exchanges, or auto-refresh scripts.
  • Safe Placements: We strictly prohibit intrusive interstitials, pop-unders, floating deceptive boxes, or ad placements that obscure primary reading content.
  • Third-Party Cookie Usage: Google uses advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on prior web visits. Users can opt out of personalized ads via Google Ads Settings or AboutAds.info.

2. Affiliate Links & Referral Compensation

Some links to developer tools, cloud hosting platforms, IDE extensions, or software subscriptions may contain affiliate tracking codes.

  • If you make a purchase through an affiliate link, dontbeac.app may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you.
  • Our editorial assessments, benchmark rankings, and critical evaluations are never influenced by affiliate commissions. If a tool fails our benchmarks or suffers from breaking bugs in production, we report those shortcomings candidly regardless of potential compensation.

3. Proprietary Products (Commercial Vault & Guides)

We also monetize through direct, self-published software engineering resources:

  • The Commercial Prompt Vault and agent configuration playbooks are one-time digital products purchased directly via PCI-DSS compliant payment gateways (Stripe & Razorpay).
  • These digital purchases are governed by our transparent Terms of Service and 7-Day Refund Policy.

4. AI Assistance Disclosure

In alignment with FTC, EU AI Act, and Google guidelines on automated content, we disclose that artificial intelligence software is used as an editorial assistant (for code validation, formatting, and grammar review). Every article is reviewed, vetted, and signed off by human technical researchers prior to publication.

5. Contact & Questions

For questions regarding our monetization policies, affiliate disclosures, or commercial partnerships, contact us at support@dontbeac.app or review our Privacy Policy.