Substack has decided to be slightly less hypocritical -- though no more coherent about what its policy actually is, which is the norm in social media.
This will likely defuse the Nazi bar issue for semi-critics who were looking for reasons to stick with the platform.
My position hasn't changed: I won't renew the paid subscriptions for newsletters that remain there, and am unsubscribing from the rest.
Newsletter authors: I am paying for subscriptions on other platforms.