I love the content model but the subscription model is unsustainable. If all the blogs I want to read want to charge me even as little (seemingly, at first) as $5 a month, that’s $60 a year. That amount is almost equivalent to that charged by a major publication. If there even only 10 blogs I want to follow, that’s $600 a year. I’m retired and with inflation, cannot afford $600 in addition to the 2-3 major publications I need. So what I end up doing is “unfollowing” all those I can’t afford, because the frustration of seeing only the tip of the iceberg on those pages is more costly in time and energy than I have. You need a better subscription model. Thanks for creating Substack though!