Yes, and as a consumer, I couldn't be happier. All that shit is customer-hostile privacy-invading bullshit and I'm ecstatic that Google is making a move that kills it. I vigorously object to things like tracking bugs that leak information about me without my consent, so I'm in favor of measures like Google's that get us further towards people being unable to go on data fishing expeditions such as were possible with inserting arbitrary tracking bugs in emails. HTML email is a giant attack surface not just for Outlook Express-style remote code execution, but for invasions of privacy. If a marketer can't do their job without invading my privacy, I have no sympathy for them and I hope that this technical change stabs their business model in the belly.