> do employees not have the obligation to refuse certain demands in order to protect the shareholders? That might actually be the problem. Public companies may

> do employees not have the obligation to refuse certain demands in order to protect the shareholders? That might actually be the problem. Public companies may have an obligation to protect shareholder investment/returns, forcing a focus on near future profit. So you stuff in ads and tracking, because that will yield a "positive" result with the next quarter or two.