No, Gmail did not just break all open tracking

I was avoiding commenting on the email open tracking bad take that seems to be going viral round the more gullible corners of LinkedIn.

I avoided it for long enough that other folks wrote articles saying pretty much what I’d say. Yay!

You should read what Al has to say over at SpamResource.

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