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I wonder if Substack qualifies as owning your own platform, since you can export your subscriber/email list even if they kick you off the platform and go somewh
by DantesKite 4y ago
I wonder if Substack qualifies as owning your own platform, since you can export your subscriber/email list even if they kick you off the platform and go somewhere else.
- benoliver999 4y agoIt doesn't, but for me keeping a copy of your content somewhere local is more important than 'owning your platform'. I lost a whole blog I ran daily from 2005-2013 because when I set it up I didn't understand vendor lock-in. I just used the web form, fired-and-forgot about the posts. When it came time to move to a new host, the pictures all got compressed and the formatting got thrown out. It's not a mistake I'll make twice, now every blog post is stored in text files before it goes anywhere.