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Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic' by Nextgrid on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:39AM (#26164124)
> you often get removed from the mailing list without any notice

Seems like nothing of value would be lost?

> They don't actually care if you read or enjoy their content, you are either one of the users who increase their opening and click rates, or you're a useless burden to them.

Confirms that indeed nothing of value would be lost. It seems like a win-win situation, spam-letters you wouldn't want to read anyway eventually remove you off their spam list because they can't stalk you.

Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic' by that_guy_iain on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:21AM (#26164411)
> Seems like nothing of value would be lost?

That would depend on the newsletter. Some newsletter provide lots of value for those wanting to keep up to date with minimum effort.

It could also be a newsletter you need to monitor for work purposes.

> They don't actually care if you read or enjoy their content, you are either one of the users who increase their opening and click rates, or you're a useless burden to them.

No they care more that you don't reduce their deliverability rate and that is affected by email service providers deciding if you're not opening the email you're not interested, not reading and enjoying the content and therefore and don't want the content.

Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic' by rcxdude on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:07AM (#26164736)
>Seems like nothing of value would be lost?

A lot of value could be lost. There are one or two newsletters I get by email which I read frequently and may contain extremely valuable information (i.e. could result in a significant sale). It could easily be a pretty significant loss to the company (and me) if they stopped sending them.

Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic' by TheNorthman on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:48AM (#26164176)
I, and I imagine many more people, block all external resources by default, which has gotten me removed from a mailing list I was interested in.

Although I will give you that the vast majority of auto-removals have been beneficial for me.

Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic' by arkitaip on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:09AM (#26164320)
Obviously true and it's sad that newsletter spammers would down vote you. Who else would even find your comment controversial.