> The internet I grew up on didn't charge money for IRC, Blogspot, forums, mailing lists, Stack Overflow, etc. Most of those things were and are maintained by

> The internet I grew up on didn't charge money for IRC, Blogspot, forums, mailing lists, Stack Overflow, etc. Most of those things were and are maintained by unpaid volunteers, some of them spending their own money every month to keep the servers on. Which is awesome. I applaud anyone who's willing and able to give to the community like that. But a lot of people now act like it's inherently repugnant to want to be paid for your work, like digital content shouldn't exist unless it's a self-funded hobby. I don't think that's reasonable or realistic. Just to be clear, is it just Medium you don't like, or the entire concept of paying for content? I'm seeing both.