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Although PADI is often referred to facetiously as a mnemonic for ' Put Another Dollar In ', PADI is a for-profit organization dedicated to generating commercial returns from diver training.

Some say that the large number of competitor diver training organizations, prevent PADI from realistically being accused of market abuse, while others maintain that PADI's dominant position in the industry makes such profiteering inevitable.