Is forced AdSense against AdSense TOS?

OK, this is a bit of a speculation, I haven’t seen anything like that in AdSense TOS. But here’s a problem.

I have seen this a countless number of times, you register for a free hosting account or a free blog account onyl to find out the provider’s AdSense on your pages (a.k.a. “forced ads”). I do realize this is their way to make a living offering those free accounts – and I might have done the same if I were to host people for free. But it’s one thing when they put ANY ads on your pages – and quite another thing when they put AdSense with their ID there. See, what AdSense TOS does say is that you can’t have more than one person’s AdSense on a page – which makes all those free hosts useless for folks making money with AdSense ads themselves. Now, I haven’t really heard of anybody getting any penalties in case they put their AdSense along with the provider’s – but then I haven’t heard of these cases much either. If you have a story to share please post in the comments.

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