> It is not hypocrisy when mega-corporations make alternatives very difficult for most of us. We all every day have to engage in a trade-off of choices about how we can at least try to mediate some type of ethical consumption.

That was my point! I never said you can’t criticize Substack. You can and should. But it works the other way around too. My trade-offs may look different than yours. Try reading my post again as a rhetoric. :)