Caroline on "[Plugin: The Events Calendar] Recommended method for email obfuscation?"

If you can copy the address from the page, it would be OK for most users, wouldn't it?

Not necessarily. I'm thinking of visually impaired visitors using a screen reader. What the reader doesn't "parse", they can't copy. Ditto for those using voice control software. Not even sure how a switch user would cope with this.

Bottom line is that not everyone uses a mouse and/or a graphical browser.

I get it. I really do. No one wants to get hit by a ton of spam because they have their email address on a web site. But, bottom line, as a site owner, I feel it's better to maximise contact with visitors and investigate steps to minimise the negative effects on my inbox than to potentially create barriers for visitors so I can have a nice clear inbox.

There's always contact forms as an alteative. With a little thought, they can still be accessible to everyone.