[zentiggr]

And then you run up against the old saying (paraphrased) "You cannot convince someone whose livelihood depends on not being convinced"... the only way to stop this sort of behavior is to change the legalities such that marketers can be sued out of existence for anything considered shady practices. Then push that line every time something new comes up.

Unless these asshats are hit on the nose with newspapers when they shit in your house, they'll never learn to take it elsewhere.

[dtx1]

Do not expect these people to understand. Make it impossible for them to act instead. Your average marketing person pushing more and more intrusive ads has the technological prowess of a 3rd grader. They cannot do their malicious business without support from programmers that actually understand the technology they abuse.