>Does anyone know why SubStack doesn't allow more customization of the blogs? I feel like every one is nearly identical in font/layout/"feel".

Because it's about the content -- it's literally an emailing list subscription service.

You inspired me to customize it myself: https://applieddivinitystudies.com/slatestarsubstack/

If you download a chrome extension and paste in the provided styles, you can get a pretty good approximation of the original page!

Several of the extensions you recommended at the end (Adblock Plus, The Great Suspender, LastPass) are widely considered to be compromised

I haven't heard anything about the issues with AdBlock Plus outside places like this, and I have no idea what you've heard about LastPass. I don't know what The Great Suspender is.

You might want to expand on the problems in case this isn't a fluke.

Adblock Plus takes bribes to unblock ads: https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads

Great suspender contains malware: https://dafoster.net/articles/2021/01/20/i-no-longer-trust-t...

LastPass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LastPass#Security_issues

Ack, thanks. I've removed the entire paragraph.

SubStack is for e-mail not blogging. All email has nearly identical font/layout/feel. Substack is not a blogging platform.

As long as Substack hosts a blog-like format for its newsletters, it's also a blogging platform.

I wish at the very least they'd make the font customizable by the readers. I can't stand looking at that font they chose for a prolonged period of time. The only way I read stuff published on Substack is by proxying the content (reader mode, RSS feeds, Pocket).