You can be a Substack millionaire https://www.theverge.com/creators/679036/substack-ceo-50-people-1-million-dollars

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If I were making more than 1 million through Substack I would probably move from Substack.

VC since seven years who likes to write stuff at https://caz.pub

Probably set up my own site (or hire someone to do it if I didn't know how) and use a cheaper service for payments and email delivery. Since their cut grows with revenue I guess it would make sense to move at some point as you grow.

Email deliverability is really hard and you get some network effects with their app. I am usually a roll your own type of girl but here I’m genuinely not so sure…..

I can see both sides of this, I think I have bias cause I’ve known (much smaller) writers to move off and have problems + lots of churn 

It funny too, SS only takes 10% — a pittance compared to the 30% of a Clanker!

i love your commentary

but yes i think many people would who are making $1M from Substack should move away from platform dependency

Sure, but can't Mailerlite or whoever do equally well at a fraction of the price? The one reason I'd stay is probably if it genuinely boosts growth through app visibility and simplifying onboarding and stuff like that.