TLDR; The article says that Medium locks up content behind its walled garden, requires login and then payment in some cases. I think the article is not well re

TLDR; The article says that Medium locks up content behind its walled garden, requires login and then payment in some cases. I think the article is not well researched and doesn’t understand the basic premise of Medium: Enable professional writers to make living off of writing. Medium is not your usual free blogging platform. There is an expectation that people will pay for good content and the hope that good writers should be able make living off of their writing. Medium wants to take on doing SEO, infrastructure, payments and let authors focus on just creating content. Here’s some stats on how much writers can earn on Medium: https://medium.com/s/partner-program-updates/april-update-from-the-partner-program-1bf39020f3f4 https://medium.com/s/partner-program-updates/april-update-fr... If I have to be devil’s advocate, I would ask why can’t Medium use ads as revenue source. Their $5/mo subscription may look like cup of coffee but honestly I am tired of having dozen such subscriptions in my life. Also, people outside developed world, kids, teenagers, college students will still find this unaffordable.