This is why Easy as Email
As much as I follow certain Substack writers, as popular as it’s become, THIS is why I believe one’s own website/blog, with independent hosting, with an email list that you truly own through an ESP like GetResponse, is THE best option if you want to own your content and your list with complete control. Whether it’s Substack or even Bluesky now, those are ultimately media companies with agendas. Doesn’t matter what their agenda is; if they have a TOS, they have an agenda, good or bad, just like all media companies. If they have a TOS, they have a Terms of Surrender, where you agree to surrender control of your voice and content under certain circumstances they dictate. Web hosting companies and email service providers don’t have agendas. Sure they have TOS, but they’re not media companies; they’re SaaS providers. If you don’t think Substack and Bluesky are media companies, nor was Twitter at one point. Look what happened there. What Substack offers is all in one integrations, where they handle your hosting and your newsletter and your distribution – all of which Easy as Email does with it’s backend integrations as well (literally in one click). Plus Easy as Email doesn’t charge any monthly fees and you keep 100% of reader subscriptions to your content. Don’t call it a Substack; call it your own site!
Tissa Godavitarne
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