Apple Is Killing Email Read Receipts, Like Entirely

> Sadly though, Mail Privacy Protection isn’t a win-win for all. A lot of content creators today run independent newsletters. Knowing click open rates is a valuable metric to gauge if their work resonates. It also assists in bringing sponsorships and make a living without selling ads. To their dismay, Apple has created a hole in the newsletter business.

It seems to me that hosting and tracking as many 1x1 images as newsletter recipients you have would take a sizeable amount of computer resources. Wouldn't this mean that the playing field is instead, in this respect, now slightly more level between those who have and those who have not?