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Substack doesn’t solve that problem any more than Buttondown (which accepts paid subscriptions) already does. Go subscribe and pay him money. Be the change you

• Michelangelo11 3y ago
  > Substack doesn’t solve that problem any more than Buttondown (which accepts paid subscriptions) already does. No, unlike with Substack, you don't get access to articles through Buttondown, the payment is just a donation. > If you didn’t subscribe to the Atlantic (which it sounds like was the case) this is at worse a wash. So what? Yes, this is a wash, and I didn't say it was worse than before. I just said I wish he'd started a Substack, which would have been better. Still hard to tell if you're trolling or just cursed with a surplus of density in the wrong areas.
  • mburns 3y ago
    > No, unlike with Substack, you don't get access to articles through Buttondown, the payment is just a donation. Because that is how he set it up because that is how he explicitly wants it. If he wanted to charge for access, he could, on his current platform. So, yes. https://buttondown.email/comparisons/substack https://buttondown.email/comparisons/substack > So what? Yes, this is a wash, and I didn't say it was worse than before You said it “may get worse” but what you described was a wash. Maybe avoid the repeated insults.