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That said, from a recipient's perspective, I'm not sure how excited I'd be to get a text only to have to scroll through a banner ad to get to it. My patience with advertising is thin to begin with — I'm a master of flipping channels while watching TV to avoid commercials — and here it comes invading another space in my life. But advertising is everywhere you turn these days, so it's likely only a matter of time before it becomes commonplace (and accepted) to show up in our text messages.