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Substack is definitely scummy in this regard, it's not really the author's choice (although a conscious decision was made to host it on Substack).

• andai 3y ago
  I read a Substack article almost every day and still consistently get a little jolt of rage when the overlay fades in. I guess they do it because it works, and if the average person felt the same way, they wouldn't be doing it?
  • gwd 3y ago
    > if the average person felt the same way, they wouldn't be doing it? You might think this, but I tend to doubt it's true... people making these decisions end up being in their own little bubble, and not really have a good idea what people's actual response is. That said, I find Substack's pop-up tolerable: I am after all getting someone's work for free, and I'd rather have a simple pop-up that I know I can get rid of than ads or other aggressive forms of pop-ups.
    • ghiculescu 3y ago
      Yeah I'm aware of it. But it's less annoying than Medium.