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To make it easier for non-technical people to use Ghost, the Ghost team also offers a paid service called Ghost Pro. With Ghost Pro, the Ghost team will handle hosting and maintaining the Ghost software for you so that you can just sign up and start writing, which creates a much more “Substack-like” experience in terms of simplicity.
However, for advanced users, you can always download the Ghost software and install it on your own hosting, which gives you a lot of flexibility. It also means that Ghost can never “ban” you from the platform like Substack hypothetically could. People who are concerned about privacy and autonomy might prefer Ghost for this reason, though Substack has not shown any signs that it plans to ban users.