Ask HN: Newsletter platform suggestions
Hi!  I&#x27;m planning to start a digital culture newsletter as a hobby.  Searching for platform options to use for sending emails, I though asking the HN crowd would maybe help me find the perfect fit.  What I&#x27;m looking for is:<p>- Plain-text emails: I&#x27;ll send plain-text only emails.  Because I&#x27;d rather receive plain-text ones.<p>- No tracking: I don&#x27;t need it.  Knowing how many subscribers I have should be more than enough.<p>- No tracking links: I do not want the service to obscure the links behind tracking links.  I don&#x27;t need to track what readers do with the mails.  Mailchip does this.<p>- No lock-in: I should be able to export my data at any time and say bye.<p>- Initially free: I&#x27;m a student, and I&#x27;d rather not invest any money in this until it&#x27;s got some traction and can pay its bills through for example a Patreon campaign.  The free until N subscribers plans would be the most useful.<p>And finally I&#x27;d like to avoid anything anti-privacy, as I value privacy very highly myself.<p>I plan to spend this weekend reading ToSs and FAQs so any help is more than appreciated.  Thanks in advance!