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Offtopic I need to register with medium now to actually read the article?

by klaaz0r 7y ago

comprev 7y ago
It looks like you get 1 month "free". Open the article in incognito mode and it's available without registration.
- labster 7y ago
  > Get one more story in your member preview when you sign up. It’s free. Oh wow, one free story for logging in! Such generosity of content other people wrote for free. Why did we all leave LiveJournal again?
  - 55555 7y ago
    Medium pays the writers who opt-in to the paywall by dividing rev on a pro rata basis a la spotify.
- rajasimon 7y ago
  They can also block you from the same IP I guess. can they?
- arthurfm 7y ago
  Another alternative is the 'Medium.com Unlimited Reading: Original' extension [1][2]. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mediumcom-unlimited-readi/keckgflodjmhejpbhfbfoioonoeeckng https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mediumcom-unlimite... [2] https://github.com/Gyvastis/chrome-medium-unlimited-reading https://github.com/Gyvastis/chrome-medium-unlimited-reading
maximente 7y ago
block cookies on medium.com domain, seems to work OK
- klaaz0r 7y ago
  Yeah I can get passed it but damn it's become a mess, I understand they have to make money.
  - rocqua 7y ago
    It seems we have a pretty fucked up cycle here: * Create quality service, prioritizing user experience over money * Grow site to significant user base * Start running out of money, because hosting and running a site does cost money * Try to monetize service * Get out-competed by another service still at step 1 The presence of VC money that's all about capturing market share now, and monetizing later does not help. In the end, we have become accustomed to a world where things that cost money are given to us for free. When there are attempts to charge us so things remain sustainable, we get angry! It's a tough problem, and I don't know the solution.
    - klaaz0r 7y ago
      I was just thinking that, fully agree. One of the things I learned from startup school: Get people to pay asap. If you are really are solving a problem they do not care that your website is a bit buggy and it's made with bootstrap. All these platforms rake in millions of VC money to get market share (that is fine btw) but if you do not know how to monetize it, what is the point? And of course always being free and then moving to a paid model doesn't make your users really happy.
    - TeMPOraL 7y ago
      You're missing a step between "Try to monetize" and "Get outcompeted" - the "Service turns to user-abusing, steaming pile of hot garbage". This cycle does happen repeatedly (image sharing being a prime example), and services that die do so because their monetization strategies destroy almost all the good aspects. I believe it's hard, but not impossible, to refrain from abusive monetization and stay afloat longer.
      - rocqua 7y ago
plasma 7y ago
Medium has become the new Quora; it’s primary purpose was to read (and answer) and it’s a painful experience.
tqkxzugoaupvwqr 7y ago
You can press the X to close the “Pardon the interruption” overlay that asks you to sign in.
- klaaz0r 7y ago
  I also seem to have to pay 5$ a month now, I can get past it with some element hiding and cookie clearing but seems like medium is not the ideal solution anymore
  - jacquesm 7y ago
    > seems like medium is not the ideal solution anymore It never was.
rkangel 7y ago
The chrome extension 'Make medium readable again' solves this for me: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readable-agai/kljjfejkagofbgklifblndjelgabcmig https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readab... It is ridiculous that I have to install an extension to make a website usable though. I'm genuinely curious why people publish on Medium.
- slenk 7y ago
  Where is the love for FF
  - rkangel 7y ago
    Personally, I had a go with Firefox (desktop and Android) again when they were making all the fuss about quantum, but it was still much slower than chrome for my workload - I regularly ran into common tasks that took >50% longer. Combine that with the fact that some websites work less well in FF and I just couldn't face it, however much I'd like to support them.
    - slenk 7y ago
      Container Tabs are so nice. I honestly haven't run into slowdowns - maybe on Youtube where its known that Google doesn't play nice with other browsers. There's also the whole issue of not letting Google control the web but that's for a different time.

Offtopic I need to register with medium now to actually read the article?

comprev 7y ago

It looks like you get 1 month "free". Open the article in incognito mode and it's available without registration.

labster 7y ago
> Get one more story in your member preview when you sign up. It’s free. Oh wow, one free story for logging in! Such generosity of content other people wrote for free. Why did we all leave LiveJournal again?
- 55555 7y ago
  Medium pays the writers who opt-in to the paywall by dividing rev on a pro rata basis a la spotify.
rajasimon 7y ago
They can also block you from the same IP I guess. can they?
arthurfm 7y ago
Another alternative is the 'Medium.com Unlimited Reading: Original' extension [1][2]. [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mediumcom-unlimited-readi/keckgflodjmhejpbhfbfoioonoeeckng https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mediumcom-unlimite... [2] https://github.com/Gyvastis/chrome-medium-unlimited-reading https://github.com/Gyvastis/chrome-medium-unlimited-reading

maximente 7y ago

block cookies on medium.com domain, seems to work OK

klaaz0r 7y ago
Yeah I can get passed it but damn it's become a mess, I understand they have to make money.
- rocqua 7y ago
  It seems we have a pretty fucked up cycle here: * Create quality service, prioritizing user experience over money * Grow site to significant user base * Start running out of money, because hosting and running a site does cost money * Try to monetize service * Get out-competed by another service still at step 1 The presence of VC money that's all about capturing market share now, and monetizing later does not help. In the end, we have become accustomed to a world where things that cost money are given to us for free. When there are attempts to charge us so things remain sustainable, we get angry! It's a tough problem, and I don't know the solution.
  - klaaz0r 7y ago
    I was just thinking that, fully agree. One of the things I learned from startup school: Get people to pay asap. If you are really are solving a problem they do not care that your website is a bit buggy and it's made with bootstrap. All these platforms rake in millions of VC money to get market share (that is fine btw) but if you do not know how to monetize it, what is the point? And of course always being free and then moving to a paid model doesn't make your users really happy.
  - TeMPOraL 7y ago
    You're missing a step between "Try to monetize" and "Get outcompeted" - the "Service turns to user-abusing, steaming pile of hot garbage". This cycle does happen repeatedly (image sharing being a prime example), and services that die do so because their monetization strategies destroy almost all the good aspects. I believe it's hard, but not impossible, to refrain from abusive monetization and stay afloat longer.
    - rocqua 7y ago

plasma 7y ago

Medium has become the new Quora; it’s primary purpose was to read (and answer) and it’s a painful experience.

tqkxzugoaupvwqr 7y ago

You can press the X to close the “Pardon the interruption” overlay that asks you to sign in.

klaaz0r 7y ago
I also seem to have to pay 5$ a month now, I can get past it with some element hiding and cookie clearing but seems like medium is not the ideal solution anymore
- jacquesm 7y ago
  > seems like medium is not the ideal solution anymore It never was.

rkangel 7y ago

The chrome extension 'Make medium readable again' solves this for me: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readable-agai/kljjfejkagofbgklifblndjelgabcmig https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/make-medium-readab... It is ridiculous that I have to install an extension to make a website usable though. I'm genuinely curious why people publish on Medium.

slenk 7y ago
Where is the love for FF
- rkangel 7y ago
  Personally, I had a go with Firefox (desktop and Android) again when they were making all the fuss about quantum, but it was still much slower than chrome for my workload - I regularly ran into common tasks that took >50% longer. Combine that with the fact that some websites work less well in FF and I just couldn't face it, however much I'd like to support them.
  - slenk 7y ago
    Container Tabs are so nice. I honestly haven't run into slowdowns - maybe on Youtube where its known that Google doesn't play nice with other browsers. There's also the whole issue of not letting Google control the web but that's for a different time.