[skilled]

Substack prefetching my email address based on historical data is kind gross.

I appreciate the downvotes, but it is a clear dark pattern. Unless I have accepted their terms and didn't read through them. It is the only site that does it, and they do it for everyone who is a Substack customer.

[ZephyrBlu]

You're complaining about them pre-filling your email when you have an account? How is it a dark pattern? It's convenient. It's not like they're automatically signing you up to the publication.

[skilled]

What account? I do not have a Substack account. I might have subscribed to someone in the past who is a Substack customer. Does that give them the right to automatically fetch my email address for all of their other customers, too?

It's creepy.

[tomcam]

Could it be your browser is filling it in?