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This provision establishes that the service provider does not guarantee specific performance characteristics, content quality, or legal compliance of third-party content. The disclaimer allocates responsibility for content verification and operational reliability away from the platform operator and toward users.
Users operate under terms that authorize Substack to provide the service without guaranteeing functionality, uptime, accuracy of information, or lawfulness of accessible content. This framework limits the basis on which users may bring claims regarding service performance or content quality.
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