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That's simply incorrect, Sponsored Shortcuts work differently than ads, in the later you're tracked and your PII gathered.
I wasn't talking about the technical implementation or differences in how they are handled, but more of a personal judgement. To me every Sponsored link is an advertisement, everywhere, not only in Firefox.