They said many of the people they know only accept plaintext, not all of them. We should interpret each other generously.
It might seem like I’m criticizing the guy, but the thing is, there is a very real problem where people are looking at this from their own tech-forward perspective when this is a topic that affects many more people.
...and before the inevitable questioning I'm going to receive: no, I'm not German, and I know more people who aren't, with similar plaintext preferences.
- A normative one : the less is supported, the better.
- A descriptive one : many (not indicative of any share) of their relations actually do that.
None of the points is telling about their relations, aside from, maybe, not having many friends in adtech.
HTML email would not be a thing if only adtech people used it, my man.
And, by the way, most of my friends do not use html/CSS directly, or even indirectly use it besides some bold, coloring or the random photo attachment. Zero of them know caniemail.com, and, if they understood the point of it, zero of them would want or need it.
Average people seeing html in their mail doesn't mean they have an opinion on it, or would want more of it if they were told honestly what it does and who abuses it.
There are two parts to how HTML email is used: Creation and consumption. The average person consumes HTML email.
No, but that was mine in the message you answered to.
> The average person consumes HTML email.
And I'm not sure the average person cares about receiving elaborate emails with spy pixels and advanced use of CSS either.
And parent said "you don't know enough people", not "you don't know any people".