Looking at the link destination is pretty much Anti-Phishing 101. Sure, many users don’t inherently care about this, but enterprises are trying hard to change that. Mailchimp and similar platforms totally undermine those efforts.
So do link shorteners. I don't think you can really know what link you're going to in general until it's in the address bar on the actually opened page.
(Which is why it is a mostly pointless suggestion.)