[lucasjans]

Hacker News: Big tech stiffles competition, the little guy can't compete

Also Hacker News: small independent publishers leveraging email for publishing shouldn't get engagement data on their independent newsletters.

Aggregate open rate data is vital to a newsletter. It makes it easy to spot delivery issues. It's an early indication of content quality, and important feedback loop.

I'm fully for blocking identifiable tracking. But isn't there room for a solution for anonymous engagement metrics?

Email newsletters are a great way for individuals to control their distribution channel built on top of federated, decentralized technology.

Adtech is the enemy.

[sneak]

> Aggregate open rate data is vital to a newsletter.

No, it's not. Mine exists without it, and yours can too.