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Woah! That serious take on Substack latest offering. For now, I'm not paying too much attention to the Reader app as I'm one of those "writers" trying to get noticed. Most of my reading happens outside of Substack's base... and I love reading my other newsletters in Hey.

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A really strong takedown/breakdown. Having just spent a few rounds of perusing the Reader, I’m right there with you on this rendering. Here’s hoping for the best past beta.

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Interesting breakdown. Do you have thoughts on how substack compares to medium or blogger, in it's history/cycle. I "feel" like there's definitely some similarities, but I'm not sure what the exact difference is this time around and if it's stronger or just temporary.

For example, some folks have reached out to my substack to connect me with advertisers and that feels they are trying "extend" a biz model on top of substack.

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