Nota bene: Nota bene

Felix Salmon · 5 Jun 2018

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Substack's platform design emphasizes paid subscriptions so strongly that it obscures the option to sign up for free.

Their wordsSubstack is focused mainly on generating paying subscribers, rather than just subscribers, and so it can be hard for people to realize that it's entirely possible (and welcome!) to sign up for free.

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