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The primary link blocks me after a short scroll. Couldn't get past "the fold". But with Archive I can read the full article.

• geerlingguy 4y ago
  There's a dumb anti-pattern link that's like "I don't want to subscribe yet", but yeah, annoying nonetheless. I thought Substack was supposed to be a nicer alternative to Medium?
  • djbusby 4y ago
    Wow, I just went back a fourth time and the previous full-blocker modal/nagbox is gone and it's just at the bottom. Guess I was in the B group for a while.
  • stackbutterflow 4y ago
    Medium was a breath of fresh air when it started. Then they had to make money. Substack is a breath of fresh air. Then they will have to make money. It's the same cycle over and over, for every startup. I don't why at the start of a new cycle people think this time it will be different.
  • TremendousJudge 4y ago
    I don't see how could they be. They are under the same constraints and have the same incentives.