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I block ads at the DNS level. Aside from 2-3 legitimate websites that broke as a result of this (because they use some Salesforce thing as a part of their site
by IgorPartola 5y ago
I block ads at the DNS level. Aside from 2-3 legitimate websites that broke as a result of this (because they use some Salesforce thing as a part of their site or similar), almost every unsubscribe link I get is now broken. I really wish there was some plug-in that would unroll those links to their final form since that’s usually fine but passes through 2-3 bukkshit redirects before it gets there.
- lobocinza 5y agoI just send this kind of stuff to spam because I never subscribe to any mail newsletter.
- irl_chad 5y agoSame. Do automatically opt-in newsletters really turn a profit? I would think that for something like a newsletter, explicitly opting in would end up being more profitable, since if you’re sending an email with eg sendgrid it’s not free. Can someone shed some light on the economics of newsletter spam?
- hakre 5y agoOnly in part: The marketing department needs numbers to report, newsletter subscription is one. So it pays at least one job.
- ro_bit 5y agoI use http://wheregoes.com http://wheregoes.com to manually follow any unsubscribe links that my hostfile blocks.
- drcongo 5y agoThat's incredibly useful, thanks.
- achairapart 5y agoThanks! A web extension based on this would be even better.