True, but that has nothing to do with the comment you responded to. Regardless of whether tracking pixels are blocked or not, scummy marketers are still going t

True, but that has nothing to do with the comment you responded to. Regardless of whether tracking pixels are blocked or not, scummy marketers are still going to do that. The question is, will it hurt the indie newsletter guys and gals, the people sending stuff you actually want? Certainly yes. They won't know if they're still giving their audience something of value. The bigger problem, in my mind, is the unintended consequences of this. Will blocking tracking pixels actually cause those scummy marketers to send even more emails? My guess is, absolutely yes. Post-tracking, nobody can prove the marketing department emails are ineffective or hurting deliverability by oversending, so let's blanket inboxes with as many as we can!