@scottmclemore You can just sign up for a Substack account at no cost. The issue isn’t really cost, it’s that if you want to follow a particular Substacker’s Notes you have to sign up for the whole package, including emails. (Not necessarily paid emails, but most Substackers with paid newsletters have at least a free layer.) There are several people whose Notes I’d like to follow but I don’t want their emails as well, because I’m already getting their posts by RSS.