"I can't leave because they've locked me in"
Once again, Substack is the opposite of independence.
Also, classic @molly.wiki breakdown of how you win when you leave Substack:
Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% o...
For the folks who’ve been saying that people can’t get off of Substack to other platforms because they lose subscribers when they do — what’s the percentage? How many readers? What % of total dollars coming in? Do we have hard numbers?
