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Some email systems now won't mark things as spam. They'll have a popup window asking if you want them to help you unsubscribe from the shit. I about blew it when I saw that.

I'm with you on that one. It feels like old people trying to be hip and modern, it doesn't feel genuine.

I have also never understood why a company would want to actively pressure you into letting them send you things you don't want. Isn't it just wasted bandwidth to blast emails to people who won't ever see or want them? So bizarre.

It doesn't help that their copy reads like a 2000s era "TeH pEnGuIn oV dEwM" cringepost

In this case, they're literally threatening that if you unsubscribe, you will receive harassing texts forever. That goes a large step further than "Jeff the unicorn will be sad."

It's the sort of thing where the term seems like a 90% fit but I don't know if there's one that's more specific. Something like a confirm-threat but a very minor one.

It does, and under sane laws, it’s also illegal.