Maybe email software should add an option to make links unclickable, or show a box with the clear link (and highlight the domain) before letting the user go through it.
They already make links go through redirects (to avoid referrer headers?) so it's halfway there. Just make the redirect page show the link and a go button instead of redirecting automatically. And it would fix the annoyance that is not being able to see the real domain when you hover the link.
So many legit emails contain links that pass through some kind of URL shortener or tracker (like mailchimp does). People are being actively conditioned to ignore suspicious looking URLs.
I worked for a company that as part of phishing we were told not to click on suspicious links. However all links were put through proxy link shortener. So www.google.com becomes just proxy.com/randomstring like an internal link shortener/mitm. But this means I can no longer check the url to see if its legitimate.
They already make links go through redirects (to avoid referrer headers?) so it's halfway there. Just make the redirect page show the link and a go button instead of redirecting automatically. And it would fix the annoyance that is not being able to see the real domain when you hover the link.