• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Doesn’t sound like you’ve been paying attention the last 20 years if you think this highly of tech companies

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      1 year ago

      My opinion is about email, not tech companies. If they’re tracking you, it’s most likely not through email.

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        1 year ago

        …tech companies use email all day long to link digital data together. Most people who manage a newsletter do not write their own newsletter software. In fact practically none of them do. Ergo, you get tracked via newsletter also.

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          1 year ago

          “They don’t use their own service” is not the same as, “this is evidence they do in fact track via email.”

          What you don’t seem to realize is, the signup ITSELF is the data they want, and click through rates. You being on a mailing list is already ample tracking compared to what most people are bitching about… You’re GIVING them the info, then whining about them having it…

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            1 year ago

            What a weird hill to die on.

            No one is whining about being put on an email list at their own request. Which you obviously know. People were making the point that newsletters aren’t magically immune to data tracking.

            You can bet your ass the MailChimp is sharing a fuckton of data with advertising partners in order to maximize sales to you. It’s not supposed to be controversial. I first just assumed this was something you hadn’t thought about. Sadly you seem hostile to information you hadn’t considered.