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i have avoided chat & the app, truthfully ALL apps. last time i tried the app it wouldn't work. there seems to possibly be some kind of block if you sign up for anything & then leave. for this, i will consider trying again.

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I never use Substack's app. I tried it for 20 minutes and hated it. Thankfully, all of this can be done via a browser.

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what browser plz? mobile or ?

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I am using Brave browser on my desktop computer. I really like Brave. (And I really prefer working on a desktop computer, or a tablet at the smallest. I dislike phones.) But you can access Substack.com on any browser.

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that is how i access on iphone (coz i wont use google lol)

i cannot access chat or DM as it refers me to app. i will try my laptop & brave. i use duck duckgo but brave has been coming into my face for awhile.

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You can definitely get to all Substack's features without the app. All things can be reached using the browser. They just try to push their app, just like every other entity tries to push their own apps. (My assumption is that businesses would rather have you in their app, without the distractions of all your other tabs in a browser.)

Yes, I avoid Google as much as possible! (As info, Brave is a browser, and Google and Duck Duck Go are just search engines. You can access any search engine using a browser.)

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apps are miners which is why i use none. the list of info they dig from your phone is insane. i don't browse the internet but go online with specific intent and I dont like all the garbage they put in my face. soo. will see what i can figure out!

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now i remember. i have an icloud email on my phone attached to substack. because my laptop is unrecognized & windows product i cannot verify the laptop by signing into email & my using just my password isnt sufficient. i screamed about this once before. even if i create a new email it won't tie me into my account. i hotspot laptop. the smarter tech gets the stupider it gets...but that is by design as to identify by device & location vs password.

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I started trying to help Hat B. with a situation kind of like this, and it almost ended up in a computer disaster for him. So I am afraid to try to help now!

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lolol

if you got suggestions plz go for it.

i could start a new email but i dont want it tied to my phone.

i could hotspot every day into this disgusting microsift mess

i could change all my subscriptions

i use my phone only for calls & email so when im sittin like i was on the train i can read. yrs ago i was online 6-12 hrs a day for years researching, reading everything. now im not, it has become a drag for me. yah tmi. lololol

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I must confess, I do not fully understand your situation, so it would be hard for me to give advice.

Apple loves to keep you in their ecosystem. Thus, as I understand it, iCloud email addresses only work on Apple devices. So, if I am understanding your situation correctly—and please seek other advice from a tech savvy friend, because I do not want to screw anything up!—I would want to switch my Substack email address to something I can access anywhere. (Personally, I like Proton email addresses, because they are secure and private. I am slowly switching all my stuff to Proton.)

Also, there might be a setting issue somewhere. I have not had to log in to Substack for many many months. My computer is logged in and stays logged in. My iPad is logged in and stays logged in. (In both cases, I use a browser—Brave and Safari, respectively.) (I don't do anything using a phone, except calls and texts :-)

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the issue is the systems want to recognize you by device. yes you stay logged in and so did i. i sign in every time now which yes does get annoying. say, you are visiting somewhere and didnt bring your ipad and want to access your substack on a different computer, i am at this point 95% sure you can't. once upon a time systems recognized YOU by your name (email) & password. now that is become irrelevant. it is done by object (device/ownership, your body, energy, temp, heartbeat, fingerprints, facial rec), location and is part of geofencing.

i shut down safari and use duck duck go which is a browser and nothing syncs auto on my phone and sustack offers me no browser option so it tries to work with safari automatically.

it is that that is building the fences & the neighborhoods...we are building them. dont believe me, try pretending you are going on vaca & do a general search on browser of, oh say, barber shops in a specific city a couple of hundred miles or more away. see what you get.

plz run and get your high dollar latest phone & a watch too for peanuts or FREE even! just for switching to our cheap month to month service! hmmm pay us to imprison & make millions off of you.

i have read too much thru the years & my question became how over a decade ago.

i dont hide but I choose & i wont make it easy until i choose or forced

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I hear you. My phone is actually a de-googled phone running Graphene OS, and I am slowly removing myself from other social media, accounts, etc. And I am slowly moving everything I can over to Proton. It's a start, anyway.

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yes anything helps. it wont stop the systems, tech is here to stay. the only thing we can change if anything is how data is used. are we mindless herd directed by the machine as to what we eat, want, health, body monitoring or free thinking, curious, risk taking, free ranging, creative individuals?

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The Substack Chat feature can be useful and fun. I've had a few things from the Chat find their way into my Sunday Buffet podcast. Allbest with all the "Chatter" you'll receive!

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Thanks! It's already been busy.

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Great idea Christopher but I'm a simple old school emailer.

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Lots of people talking in there already!

I too am kind of old school, but I am cool with leaving my comfort zone a little.

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We sell our products in 15 countries and all 50 states but I use a flip phone - too simple. I have much smarter younger people including my son doing all the IT stuff for the company.

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I still had my flip phone until a few years ago. I miss it.

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