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I am sorry for the off topic comment but I can't even read this article because medium now shows me a "Sign up for an extra read" popup without any way of closi

I am sorry for the off topic comment but I can't even read this article because medium now shows me a "Sign up for an extra read" popup without any way of closing it. Medium is going so down the tubes, it's become impossible for me to read anything there. Does anyone have a way to bypass the sign up pop up?

gzimhelshani 7y ago
Any article there does not deserve to be read. You are not missing anything
- mekoka 7y ago
  That's not fair. Medium's content is community contributed. There's a lot of value in there. Let's not throw the baby with the water.
  - notatoad 7y ago
    if the author cares so little about their readers that they choose to distribute their content on medium, there's a good chance that content isn't worth reading.
    - skribbj 7y ago
      What's so bad about it?
    - mekoka 7y ago
      An author may care so much about readership that they value reaching 50 million people, over a few dozens, if the price to pay is some inconvenience with the medium (see what I did there?)
  - tastroder 7y ago
    That community of content creators chose the platform for the benefits of discovery, SEO and convenience. While I agree that there's great content on Medium, those upsides come with a few downsites for content consumers and losing a few of them comes with the territory. It's still a net positive for creators anyway, otherwise Medium wouldn't be a thing.
  - wtmt 7y ago
    One easy way to communicate to said community that Medium provides a terrible experience for readers is by reducing page visits so that they start wondering about it and look for alternatives.
gulperxcx 7y ago
I don't think there's any way around that pop up on a mobile browser.
- jraph 7y ago
  You probably can block Javascript using uBlock Origin (for convenience) on supported mobile browsers.
- Doctor_Fegg 7y ago
  Safari reader mode?
  - gulperxcx 7y ago
    I forgot about that, Chrome has that too. That should work.
Andrew_nenakhov 7y ago
I got around it by requesting desktop version. Markup on Medium clearly fails for mobile Firefox.
bubblethink 7y ago
search for the extension "make medium readable again". I've come to see medium and google captcha as mental filters for judging the overall technical competence of the firm deploying them.
dwdz 7y ago
https://makemediumreadable.com/ https://makemediumreadable.com/
taejo 7y ago
I use the Firefox extension "Hide fixed elements", which is not only useful for hiding these kinds of modals but also overlarge headers and cookie warnings.
- busymom0 7y ago
  That usually works but in this case, it’s not just a modal. It doesn’t show the article unless I sign up. No way to dismiss it either. It’s different than the modals I used to get last week.

gzimhelshani 7y ago

Any article there does not deserve to be read. You are not missing anything

mekoka 7y ago
That's not fair. Medium's content is community contributed. There's a lot of value in there. Let's not throw the baby with the water.
- notatoad 7y ago
  if the author cares so little about their readers that they choose to distribute their content on medium, there's a good chance that content isn't worth reading.
  - skribbj 7y ago
    What's so bad about it?
  - mekoka 7y ago
    An author may care so much about readership that they value reaching 50 million people, over a few dozens, if the price to pay is some inconvenience with the medium (see what I did there?)
- tastroder 7y ago
  That community of content creators chose the platform for the benefits of discovery, SEO and convenience. While I agree that there's great content on Medium, those upsides come with a few downsites for content consumers and losing a few of them comes with the territory. It's still a net positive for creators anyway, otherwise Medium wouldn't be a thing.
- wtmt 7y ago
  One easy way to communicate to said community that Medium provides a terrible experience for readers is by reducing page visits so that they start wondering about it and look for alternatives.

gulperxcx 7y ago

I don't think there's any way around that pop up on a mobile browser.

jraph 7y ago
You probably can block Javascript using uBlock Origin (for convenience) on supported mobile browsers.
Doctor_Fegg 7y ago
Safari reader mode?
- gulperxcx 7y ago
  I forgot about that, Chrome has that too. That should work.

Andrew_nenakhov 7y ago

I got around it by requesting desktop version. Markup on Medium clearly fails for mobile Firefox.

bubblethink 7y ago

search for the extension "make medium readable again". I've come to see medium and google captcha as mental filters for judging the overall technical competence of the firm deploying them.

dwdz 7y ago

https://makemediumreadable.com/ https://makemediumreadable.com/

taejo 7y ago

I use the Firefox extension "Hide fixed elements", which is not only useful for hiding these kinds of modals but also overlarge headers and cookie warnings.

busymom0 7y ago
That usually works but in this case, it’s not just a modal. It doesn’t show the article unless I sign up. No way to dismiss it either. It’s different than the modals I used to get last week.