Is it really any different than Google wants advertisers on YT, but still labels ads as ads?

They don't really want to label ads as ads (no advertiser really does...); they're forced by regulations from multiple countries.

	▲	adrianmonk 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe I'm weird, but I believe in the theory that (all else equal) it's good for business to minimize how much your users hate your product/service. In other words, users dislike the feeling of not knowing whether things are ads. I can't see any real downside to labeling them, so you're better off doing it so you don't drive users away.