I really don't think the problem with the FTC is the aggressive consoles, its when you use dinsey and cartoon mispell domains for your porn mousetrap.
The articles about these always mention the endless loop of consoles, but in and of themselves there's nothing wrong with them. Its my site, if you don't like the way I build it, don't surf there.
As far as showing restraint, fuck that. EVERY sales job I've ever had, and that's what this job is, we would never let a customer leave until we had used EVERY means at our disposal to try and make a sale, because the odds are greatly against them leaving and then coming back later, no matter how you treated them when they were there the first time. And this was true no matter what the company I worked for or what product we were selling.
If a surfer leaves the tour, its because they didn't want what you were selling, so you keep popping different options at them to hopefully give them something they will buy.
Consoles make money, period.
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Did somebody say Free Content?