> Did a newsletter company create a more equitable media system—or replicate the flaws of the old one?<p>Or is there some natural cycle of upstart=>mainstream=>oppressor=>collapse at work?
Just curious: What's the difference between Substack and RSS? With RSS, you 'subscribe' -> get blog posts to your news reader. With Substack, you 'subscribe' => get blog posts to your inbox. Of course, they allow you to monetize your posts by adding Stripe etc, but the essence seems to be the same.