Lol. Well, is he lying? How many times have people put together a WSO that is shitty that only takes advantage of the newbs.
At the end of the day, some services will be useful to the IMer and some will NOT. It's up to the IMer to distinguish between the two and make the right decisions.
It's often because of greed and lack of knowledge that people make bad decisions, they want to get into something TOO fast or make it even faster. There is the right place and time for things such as automation, you just have to make sure you don't compromise quality.
Of course we'll always find loopholes, it's what we do. But, on the other hand, we need to use these intelligently, because as he said, it IS transitioning to a more "whiter" marketing internet and eventually people will get tired of having to go back and make fixes because they've been slapped with a penalty.
We need to focus on long term money plans; plans that will survive and build over time.
-black hat responsibly my friends