Not sure the issue is Medium being a poor tool compared to other ways of blogging... The issue I see is one of ownership: You think you "use" Medium to publis

Not sure the issue is Medium being a poor tool compared to other ways of blogging... The issue I see is one of ownership: You think you "use" Medium to publish your content, you call that blogging. But Medium own the domain and the tools: you'll never exploit the owner using the tools they offered you. In the end, it's medium that really exploits you (ie. the content you freely gave). And they'll use your content in the way they want. Your content is just a hook they'll use to attract readers and push them to those obnoxious pop-ups, banners, buttons, etc. Well you read the article. Personally I own my domain. I use open source tools (ghost & custom made web apps). It serves me well. I own my place and have the freedom to grow it as I'd like. Thanks for reading, take care :)