[gowld]

Do you have a job that pays you with funds generated by marketed goods and services?

[russh]

Yes, as a matter fact I do. I work for an ISP and we don't track shit except whether you paid your bill or not.

[Trundle]

Irrelevant. That's like asking why someone is moving a tiny car around a board while playing monopoly just because they had suggested poker for games night.

Someone can prefer the world be a different way while still participating in it as is.

[phyzome]

Sure! But that's neither here nor there.

1) I don't have a choice, since everyone does it; 2) many types of marketing are just fine; 3) if everyone stopped doing this kind of tracking, it's not like the businesses would fail.

[zentiggr]

Would employees still get paid if their company didn't sell their information, or buy others'?

Unethical marketing behavior is never going to be the make or break point for a company, it's just plain greed showing through.