As a creator of a publication that got invited to join the beta test of their new monetization strategy, I am very happy about their decision to pivot away from

As a creator of a publication that got invited to join the beta test of their new monetization strategy, I am very happy about their decision to pivot away from ads. I was very disappointed when they have introduced the ads, it never made sense to me, it flies in the face of their main value prop - clean, elegant, beautiful, distraction-free blogging platform. On the other hand, they are in a great position to create a content monetization system, where people are paying for the content they enjoy. So far, most of such systems have failed, but I think that Medium is one of the few companies that can actually make it work. I'm really looking forward to what they will do with this during the next few months.