[Torwald]

> Why would I use this instead of my own domain and a website hosted for free on Netlify or GitHub Pages?

Email subscriptions made easy enough for a non-techie audience to subscribe.

[kowalevski]

some blogs that are available on domain etc have form with email subscription (for example by using Convertkit service). i did this on my blog website.

[yawnxyz]

Substack is free for the author vs. Mailchimp etc. f