For anyone confused about Medium's export feature, it's available under Settings->Export Content from the user menu. Worries about platforms not providing this

For anyone confused about Medium's export feature, it's available under Settings->Export Content from the user menu. Worries about platforms not providing this are warranted, but I think Medium already has this covered, even if some of the export HTML is messier than some would like. Until Medium, I hosted my own blogs on my own web servers (for ~17 years). I eventually got tired of dealing with updates, comment spam management (even with Akismet and friends), breakin attempts, and all the rest, so I moved there. I'd still like to see friendly URL and custom domain support, as well as some fixes to the editor (bulleted lists + blockquote indentation bugs are very frustrating), but overall, I've been fairly satisfied with it. His concerns might be a tad overblown in this instance, even if I agree with many of his concerns about the open web (and I personally still think RSS should be everywhere by default. It's still incredibly useful, even if only used for API consumption.)