While the piece is thought-provoking, I think that the author would do well to substantiate their claims. Even an interview with some hypothetical "side hustler

While the piece is thought-provoking, I think that the author would do well to substantiate their claims. Even an interview with some hypothetical "side hustlers" to understand their motivations would be better than guessing why they are on the site. It kind of seemed like they were saying "it is [or will soon be] unsustainable to try and make a living out of being a Substack writer," but I would want to know how many people enter the platform with that goal in the first place. Twitch, YouTube, Soundcloud, good-old-fashioned blogging, I'm sure you could name several other pursuits that are in a similarly unprofitable position for the average content creator. I would wager most people don't start out trying to make a living on these platforms. Maybe the point is that there are people who are just scraping by on these platforms who will soon have the rug pulled from under their feet when consumers wise up to how much money they're throwing away to subscriptions? That didn't come across too clearly to me, though.