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The clause allocates pricing authority to Creators rather than Substack and establishes Substack's role as a platform operator with limited dispute resolution responsibilities, clarifying the contractual relationship between the three parties (Substack, Creator, Reader).
Readers accept that Creators control subscription pricing and may increase prices on a prospective basis, and that Substack will not intervene in pricing or service disputes but will direct complaints to Creators. Creators retain unilateral pricing authority subject only to the prospectivity constraint.
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"Creators will set prices for their publications, and may change the prices at their sole discretion through their Creator account, though no price changes shall apply retroactively. In the event that a Reader has a dispute with a Creator, you agree, as either/both a Reader and a Creator, that Substack is under no obligation to become involved other than to direct any inquiries regarding a Creator's publication to the appropriate Creator pursuant to the Publisher Agreement.— Excerpt from Substack's Substack Terms of Use
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The clause allocates pricing authority to Creators rather than Substack and establishes Substack's role as a platform operator with limited dispute resolution responsibilities, clarifying the contractual relationship between the three parties (Substack, Creator, Reader).
Readers accept that Creators control subscription pricing and may increase prices on a prospective basis, and that Substack will not intervene in pricing or service disputes but will direct complaints to Creators. Creators retain unilateral pricing authority subject only to the prospectivity constraint.
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