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by minetest2048 20 days ago
You can have ads in a terminal / CLI, for example Ubuntu put an ad for their Ubuntu Pro service when you run sudo apt upgrade: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-once-again-angered-users-by-plac... . But the worst thing they can do is to show a plain text
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I remember some ops back in the day putting ads into /etc/motd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_of_the_day) for free/cheap servers/services too, 2-3 decades ago.
We'll they could also send your terminal a 0x07. And let me introduce you to ASCII art:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art