If you're comfortable going with a US-based provider, https://www.scipress.io/ seems a lot more honest. They've DIY'd their legal documents badly, but they prohibit AI-farms and don't appear to sell user data. If I had to pick based on first impressions, I'm far more inclined to trust Scipress.
They appear to be based in New York, which is in the US. They're also not very privacy-friendly.
Ah, yes. They're a step up from Substack in some ways though, from what people say, so it might be worth a switch compared to staying on Substack.
If you're comfortable going with a US-based provider, https://www.scipress.io/ seems a lot more honest. They've DIY'd their legal documents badly, but they prohibit AI-farms and don't appear to sell user data. If I had to pick based on first impressions, I'm far more inclined to trust Scipress.