Hey, if this reduces the number of people who successfully unsubscribe, don't blame me, I'm just over here trying to make sure things are secure!
Don't want these marketing emails? Unsubscribe here.
Oh, you need to login in order to do that.
No, that's the wrong password for your account. Forgot password?
Hm, we don't see your account existing. Probably a different email address?
... sigh... sent a couple of emails to the data protection contact listed, but after 5 years, I still get the emails and I occasionally try to login again.
So I just automatically mark it as spam every time.
But probably because they're a small provider and don't have the resources; this is the largest telecommunications provider in Germany.
"You can’t [...] make the recipient take any step other than sending a reply email or visiting a single page on an Internet website as a condition for honoring an opt-out request."
also, according to that page, the can-spam act only applies to 'any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service', not to mailing lists
I have not seen such an unsubscribe flow in more than a decade, at this point. I assume you're thinking of mailman or some other similar solution that was already dated two decades ago, let alone now.
it is understandable that people who are not familiar with a cultural practice might seek to marginalize it, but that does not make it right
i don't really care about making life easier for people who send email advertisements (a cultural practice i am sadly all too familiar with) but i think discussion email lists are important and valuable, even if you personally don't participate in them