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I always felt like those click to unsubscribe links were nothing more than a "please prove to us with certainty that this is an actively used account so we can
by xedrac 1y ago
I always felt like those click to unsubscribe links were nothing more than a "please prove to us with certainty that this is an actively used account so we can set a sticky bit on it and sell that info for $$$"
- orev 1y agoThat’s a commonly held idea for spam emails. This is about services you’ve signed up and pay for on a recurring basis, and was targeted at companies who make it very easy to open an account, but then require byzantine methods to cancel.
- DANmode 1y agoThat is a valid paranoia, but also, not the kind of subscription the article is about.
- globalnode 1y agojust mark them as spam, hurts them more and doesnt notify them of anything.
- whycome 1y agoIt’s like browser popups that only give you the option of block or allow. I want neither! Block means I add that site to a permanent local list and I really need no record of it at all.