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I guess Medium has finally started requiring an account: "Keep the story going. Sign up for an extra free read." I can't figure out why people use this site fo

• wongmjane 7y ago
  This particular post is paywalled (it has the star next to the date) so the author/publisher can monetize it
  • inferiorhuman 7y ago
    It loaded fine for me without a medium account. The images took a while to load though.
• a012 7y ago
  It's simplified: people need the SEO leverage of Medium instead of running your own website and SEO optimization (it takes time). Otherwise I don't see any else advantage of Medium. For the reader, there's an advice is to use reader mode on browsers, but Medium is limiting a few _free_ articles you can read.
  • tinus_hn 7y ago
    On iOS the reader view shows pixelated low resolution versions of the images.
    • asutekku 7y ago
      Those are the thumbnails and you may end up seeing them with a subpar connection. The site lazy-loads the images.
• wazoox 7y ago
  Open it in a private window, it works fine.
• quickthrower2 7y ago
  Yep don’t publish on Medium, instead publish on your own domain, or if not use github pages or dev.to or similar