I increasingly think of substack as an experiment in progressive taxation. It’s hard to justify ceding 10% except as an indirect subsidy for new writers (under 500 subscribers, mailchimp’ s free limit). If I’m right, it should develop an interesting natural left bias as it grows.
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Correction, *over* 500 subscribers, but under a few thousand
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What I’m waiting for now is a bolt-on paywall with integrated access control that works on an arbitrarily structured static site hosted anywhere. My ideal setup would be a no-code digital ocean server running paywalled gatsby where I check in writing as .md and pay for a CDN.
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I increasingly *don’t*want email push or even to “know” my paying readers. It’s just a regulatory headache. But I doubt anonymous pay-as-you-go access without a third party (aka browser-crypto paywall) will be a mainstream thing in my writing lifetime.
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What do you think about the writing fellowships, editing, health insurance, legal protection, etc that Substack offers?

