The entire pitch of Substack is "You can export the email addresses of your current subscribers at any time"
So if they stop doing the "email my subscribers whenever I post" step, another service will fill the gap pretty quick.
So if they stop doing the "email my subscribers whenever I post" step, another service will fill the gap pretty quick.
Substack has become a roach motel but they pretend otherwise
I can hear Substack marketing saying that “We don’t have any intention to put you into a vendor-lock.”
I had a lot of discussions with companies about their marketing.
Why do you upload your events’ photos to FB instead of your site?
Why do you have news on LI feed and don’t make it a post on your site as well?
Do you think they can hear it? :)
Substack is going to become a similar service as FB, LI are… no possibility to export your data easily or not at all.
1) That's on them (those not exporting their lists as backup).
2) Almost zero chance happening without warning anyway.
Backlash is almost always good publicity.
And a warning would make their content providers more able to leave.