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The alternative to "OK" is "Settings," with a link that just dumps you into the main settings view… leaving you to find the Images section to change it back. Q
by 3JPLW 13y ago
The alternative to "OK" is "Settings," with a link that just dumps you into the main settings view… leaving you to find the Images section to change it back. Quite an opt-in.
- waps 13y agoOtoh, this makes it harder for email marketers and generally other people to see if I'm reading their mail. +1
- jtheory 13y agoIf you go to the trouble to figure out how to disable the "auto-load images" setting, then they're just as blocked as before. If you accept the new default, it's far easier for them to track you, because Google will kindly be loading their tracking images on your behalf when you open the email, every time.
- maxmcd 13y ago"Want to see if your users are opening their emails? Pay to display your message in gmail's promotions tab."
- forgotmycreds 13y agoNow google has the data, and they almost defaulted the option for everyone. That gives them a big boost in data receives which they could use for marketing "(hey guys you remember you got × amount of image loads, we made your images get loaded by × more users now if you want the data we got it right here for the right price.)"