Substack just killed the creator economy
Last week, they announced that all writers would be required to offer Apple’s in-app purchase (IAP) payment option. That means that Apple will be collecting a 30% fee for all subscriptions purchased on Substack via IAP.
This is one of many reasons it sucks writing on someone else’s website. I know not everyone can self host, and not everyone wants to. But if I was on Substack, something like Ghost would be looking pretty appealing to me right now.