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The state of Unsubscribe is good. Imagine how much worse things would be if legit businesses had no reason to make it easy to unsubscribe in such a consistent w
by Bjartr 2y ago
The state of Unsubscribe is good. Imagine how much worse things would be if legit businesses had no reason to make it easy to unsubscribe in such a consistent way like we do today.
That other problems also exist doesn't mean this solution for this thing isn't good.
- kelnos 2y agoSure, but imagine how much better it would be if any business (legit or not) could not send marketing emails to us at all without our prior, affirmative, non-coerced consent. The state of Unsubscribe is better than what it was before the laws around it went into effect, but it doesn't go far enough.
- consteval 2y agoThis, to me, is a technical problem. The issue is the design of email means that it's vulnerable to spam. If someone knows your email, you WILL get spam. There's technical workarounds, too. Like unique emails for each and every service.
- bjoli 2y agoI Had an issue with sixt (car rental). To unsubscribe I had to send a copy of my friggin passport to an address in Germany. I instead used GDPR to request a removal of all my data. That worked.
- ironmagma 2y agoIt's okay. Sometimes when you click the Unsubscribe link you have to enter your email (log in), and sometimes you have to fill out a form, which may or may not be serviceable. There is room for dark patterns here, and dark patterns are used. We're hardly out of the woods with Unsubscribe.