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dannb
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Dark Patterns in Substack
Substack is an email newsletter tool, not a blogging platform. It never claimed to be a blogging platform. In fact, these "dark patterns" are it telling you exactly what it is: an email newsletter platform.
gnicholas
on April 5, 2023
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If it's just an email newsletter tool, why do they have a mobile app?
orra
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Quite. Also, from the horse's mouth:
> What is a Substack? Substack helps anyone set up a blog and email newsletter.
rchaud
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For marketing and surveillance purposes, just like every other 'tech' company.
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