The way I feel about it, if this is the compromise we've settled on, between users and marketers, I'm OK with it. I'd much rather close an email-gathering over

The way I feel about it, if this is the compromise we've settled on, between users and marketers, I'm OK with it. I'd much rather close an email-gathering overlay once on a new site, than get inundated with spam or junk calls. (I say this as both a user and a marketer.)