[MattieTK]

Yeah, sorry, that is what the world is like. It's a shame, but there's a way (as written in the post) that Apple could have accomplished something similar whilst still providing enough data to prevent the advertising arms race. They chose not to, therefore the industrial advertising complex will start manufacturing their arms.

And I'm sorry, but you are entirely wrong on your second point. Small publishers and newsletters are a growing business in media, many of them free (in order to build an audience from nothing). Blocking their opens from being recorded on what could be over 50% of recipients is going to cause them problems. They won't be able to measure their growth as effectively, they won't be able to get sponsorships as easily, and they won't be able to as easily judge as to when to go paid and ad-free.

Marketing newsletters are very different from the editorial newsletters that I'm generally talking about here. It's a shame they have to use the same technology, but the unsubscribe pruning is reader friendly, and doesn't prevent a smooth and reliable manual unsubscribe process.