> Substack doesn’t solve that problem any more than Buttondown (which accepts paid subscriptions) already does.

No, unlike with Substack, you don't get access to articles through Buttondown, the payment is just a donation.

> If you didn’t subscribe to the Atlantic (which it sounds like was the case) this is at worse a wash.

So what? Yes, this is a wash, and I didn't say it was worse than before. I just said I wish he'd started a Substack, which would have been better.

Still hard to tell if you're trolling or just cursed with a surplus of density in the wrong areas.