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I suppose that explains why so often I have to click a "yes really unsubscribe" button once the link loads. How annoying.

• dspillett 2y ago
  Yep, along with many “magic link” emails now going to a stub form where you click a button to continue via POST request, instead of going direct to the target resource. Not that this is effective if the scanners are now submitting POST requests as well as following simple links. Though also the “I'm sure I want to unsubscribe” is in part to deliberately add extra steps to unsubscribing.
  • diggan 2y ago
    > emails now Not sure what time-frames we're talking about here, but I remember having to work around this particular issue more than 4 years ago, I'm sure it was also an issue before too. It's been like this for a long time.
    • dspillett 2y ago
      I've been around long enough that “now” and “recently” is in comparison to times before 2015. Sometimes before 2000… Also, a lot of advice and guidelines you see about email haven't been updated since somewhere between 2000 and 2015, even when they carry more recent dates, so are significantly incorrect.
      • diggan 2y ago
        > I've been around long enough that “now” and “recently” is in comparison to times before 2015. Sometimes before 2000… Alright, everyone sees things differently :) I probably programmed professionally since 2012, but I don't think I'll call anything after ~2020 "recent" or happening "now".
  • bawolff 2y ago
    Can't wait to have to fill out a captcha to unsubscribe.