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Ludicrous0251
piefed.zip

I don't know enough about the subject to dispute anything on the website (also, tl;dr), but I have my doubts about an AI marketing firm's estimates on the ROI of marketing technologies.

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INeedManareply
piefed.zip

But it is true that companies do use those pixels. And also it's kinda funny how that article is worded. Like a dead-pan troll that aims to make ones blood boil

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ranzispareply
mander.xyz

The data Is sourced from Meta. Possibly it is a bit inflated, since they sell the service, but I imagine they know what they sell.

To be fair, I'm not too interested in that number itself; the article is rather interesting since it broadly goes in depth into why and how tracking pixels are used and what is the economy behind them.

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INeedMana
piefed.zip

Yep. That's why FairMail is so great. It can be set up to not open images nor original formatting (HTML) by default. And for web, I hope that CanvasBlocker is enough to everytime appear as separate viewer

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ranzispareply
mander.xyz

Apparently they found a solution.

In 2026, GTM added enhanced server-side tagging containers that run on Google Cloud or your own infrastructure, sending data to ad platforms via server-to-server APIs rather than browser requests. This bypasses ad blockers entirely while maintaining GDPR compliance through first-party data collection.

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INeedManareply
piefed.zip

If I understand correctly, that is only info if I was sent the mail, not if I've seen it. And no way to track if I have been on shop's site and what I've bought

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ranzispareply
mander.xyz

I believe that is about browser navigation tracking, not email.

But to be fair I did not dig down on how it works.

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