Don’t wanna start any argument about this but I don’t think I ever wanted to read a single email newsletter, whatever it is I want to read, I read it somewhere else.
That’s ok. I subscribed enthusiastically to a bunch of Substack ones last year only to discover that they all were pretty awful save for one. But stuff like The Marginalian and Metafilter and a few others are honestly worthwhile.
That’s what I’m finding too, a lot of them give you just a couple paragraphs and then demand a subscription to keep reading. I’m all for supporting creators but a lot of substacks are so aggressive with it.
With the enshittification of the rest of the internet, I’m starting to welcome simple email and rss feeds.
I maintain a list of the tech and creator newsletters I subscribe to.
When ChatGPT and LLMs started to become mainstream, many poor-quality newsletters about AI appeared and/or with the sole purpose of embedding advertisements in emails.
I found a quality newsletter, genuinely made by those interested in the subject, with updated news, containing reference links, and without ads.
Free daily (M-W-F) news email. Tuesdays and Thursdays are for paying subs, $5 per month.
I get email updates from brr.fyi, which is a fascinating website about a person’s experiences and observations living in Antarctica. Every time I get an email I pretty much immediately go read the new post. They are always super interesting.
