Yes. They are saying that if people really wanted to tell you when they open you...

ViViDboarder on Sept 29, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The life and death of email read tracking

Yes. They are saying that if people really wanted to tell you when they open your email, they could enable it. However, they don’t. Throwing tracking pixels in are really a means to circumvent the wish of the recipient.