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gnicholas on April 5, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dark Patterns in Substack

If it's just an email newsletter tool, why do they have a mobile app?

orra on April 5, 2023 | [–]

Quite. Also, from the horse's mouth:

> What is a Substack? Substack helps anyone set up a blog and email newsletter.

rchaud on April 5, 2023 | [–]

For marketing and surveillance purposes, just like every other 'tech' company.

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