Substack makes me think blogging solutions need to have a built in email subscription feature. Otherwise, what, normal people are gonna use an RSS feed? More likely they just never come back.
TBH this is where I'm at as well. Sadly I've yet to really see a good "simple blogging" product that does both. I use (and love) Blot.im for my own blog but still have to copy/paste to Substack/Buttondown to send the email.
I agree! This is just our first version, and email subscriptions are definitely on our radar.