I guess this varies greatly between countries.
I used to get these, but as the GDPR thing came they were less frequent. For the most persistent ones it was enough to say you do not give consent and request to be deleted from their database and never contacted again otherwise you file a complaint with the personal information protection office.
I suspect there are only few companies that manage the contact lists and they are now careful not to overstep the law.
On the other hand, scam calls from abroad started to appear (sir-your-computer-has-a-virus type).
Yeah it's a disaster in the US. I have a fancy title on linkedin so I wake up every day to an inbox full of personalized drip campaigns that don't even have an option to unsubscribe.
I've been using fake names and emails for some accounts online and somehow I recently received physical spam mail with one of those names without ever sharing my address.
I check my email, and it's great, because I _curate_ it. Absurd spam like scams goes to junk anyway. The more legitimate spam I quickly unsubscribe from. And I make sure no service keeps sending notifications I don't need. This way only valuable content ends up in the inbox – interesting newsletters, updates from companies I give a damn about, important notifications, and any personal stuff. Wholly recommended experience, just requires caring about good content.
The newsletter signup is the modern version of "please bookmark this site". Another thing people don't really do anymore.
It's really sad too, because these sites know that you clicked on them from a sea of similar looking results, and this signup form is the only way you're likely to even remember their existence.
