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As a member of the Substack economy, I’d like to be able to take some credit for these successes, and I no doubt make some small contribution. But the larger truth is that I was in the right place at the right time—Substack is taking off because audiences are hungry for something more than clickable diversion in 10-second installments.

This let a generation of those apps compete on user experience without being crushed by large banks' pricing power. Customer acquisition for fintechs would be difficult if you could walk into any of the top ten banks and walk out with a 1% rewards debit card (which previously existed but don't anymore at large institutions, due to the Durbin amendm... See more

“More importantly, technology is now affecting the audio category faster than ever before. The diversity of its revenue models, content, and delivery has never been greater. This is inspiring and healthy. And there is a lot more to come.” - Matthew Ball

Today I would like to straddle that very difficult middle ground of appreciating the promises of the technology while simultaneously pointing out the (very obvious) flaws of some of its current iterations. T