Easy tiger, he didnt come in here slamming eCOGRA he came in with some simple questions yet you chose to go on the defensive full tilt, whats up with that?
He also brought up the fact that eCOGRA wishes to explain away the 888 ethics issues as an affiliate problem and not one thats related to players. That is a fact, and that undeniably involves the operator conduct which you have mentioned!
Operator conduct involves marketing which involves malware usage, spamming, splogging, and scraping. It should also involve paying third party sources who knowingly participate in those activities as doing so would be irresponsible.
888 has stated recently that they are going to change their ways, while I am prepared to give them that opportunity, I am very skeptical. eCOGRA on the other hand has continued to totally ignore the standards violations of its leading advocate, 888, passing the buck to affiliates.
I have never understood why people are so quick to defend something based only on it being the best available option. Shoot me, stab me, stone me, hang me, hell which is best, which do we defend? They are all horrible in my mind, I choose not to defend any.