You should check at what's happening/the story behind Hacker Noon. I think it's an interesting read, whether you agree or not. There's certainly a need to make

You should check at what's happening/the story behind Hacker Noon. I think it's an interesting read, whether you agree or not. There's certainly a need to make an alternative, but I don't think the problem is easy to solve because it's not just technical. Creating the community is what Medium was able to do (and the "average" dev usually can't, me included), and this new payment model seems to be what's killing it. Time will tell, but finding the right balance doesn't seem a trivial task.