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> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

by egdod 7y ago

Plyphon_ 7y ago
Incognito gets you around this. I know it's beside the point. However incognito is the laziest of bypasses to a subscription-wall which tells me Medium aren't really behind it as a strategy anyway.
- bbbobbb 7y ago
  Or just deleting the medium cookies (two clicks, same tab, no incognito needed). If there is an easy way to block all cookies from a specific domain without an extension, that would be nice too..
  - phkahler 7y ago
    How to do that on android?
- egdod 7y ago
  For now.
- 1propionyl 7y ago
  The real problem is that websites can still even tell whether or not you're in incognito mode.
  - wjmao88 7y ago
    not anymore on Chrome. They patched it.
  - PhasmaFelis 7y ago
    Lately I've been using Forget Me for Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forget-me-clean-history-c/gekpdemielcmiiiackmeoppdgaggjgda https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forget-me-clean-hi... One click wipes cookies, history, and local and session storage for the current site. It works on the NYT and everything else I've tried so far.
- basch 7y ago
  uMatrix, can granularly block js, cookies, css etc on a per site and per domain (different elements loading into a site) basis. Blocking all cookies and javascript on medium has minimal to no negative impact on my experience.
  - inetknght 7y ago
    I use uMatrix with a global deny of everything. When going to a site never previously visited uMatrix then puts up a big warning sign indicating that the entire site is blocked. That's handy to increase anti-phishing defense depth too.
    - basch 7y ago
      I do the same, its annoying for a while, but worth it. Now I just need a way to sync my settings between browsers, devices, phones and pc. I want one Dark Reader, uBlock, and uMatrix profile across firefox, chrome/brave/vivaldi, and phone.
- fragmede 7y ago
  to reiterate what you said, since others are trying to be helpful and giving other workarounds: this is besides the point. for such a simple task as publishing static text, we've got what, yet another $7.99 (or whatever), a month fee? yes, medium provides some benefit to both authors and readers, and some may find it worth it, others won't. But it's static text. www.pacbell.net/~username, or Geocities may not have been so glamorous; capitalism has an odor all its own. (inb4 I get ad-homonym'd for having personally benefitted from capitalism)
  - tonystubblebine 7y ago
    It's $5. All of that money goes to the authors right now (VC is funding the operations). Plus in the case of this article, some additional money went to an editor and copy editor.
tonystubblebine 7y ago
Not sure it's obvious, but that article only exists because of medium's paywall. That subscription money goes to the author, and in the case of that publication, also editors. I can understand why someone might not want to be a medium customer yet, but I don't see how cursing them is warranted.
- spinach 7y ago
  Early tech bros built the internet on the idea of everything should be free (even if at the same time they idolized billionaire CEOs) and now the idea of free is pervasive and things like journalism, a pillar of democracy is failing.
  - tonystubblebine 7y ago
    Exactly. I'm excited for the pendulum to swing back to pay. I don't understand why I'm being downvoted for that. Pay is so obviously better for the consumer, especially a tech consumer. I know not all of us who read HN are making FB salaries, but we all have pretty good earning potential. And so the ROI on paying $5 to read smarter, more curated, more accurate information seems like a no brainer. I'm excited to exchange money to get back my time and to get smarter.
  - gdubs 7y ago
    They were more “Deadheads” than “tech bros”. Paywalls annoy me too. That said, for historical accuracy, the idea that content should be free of charge was hotly debated in the early days of the Internet and WWW. People like Jaron Lanier felt that online discourse would suffer if there wasn’t some nominal cost to, say, sending an email.
    - RenRav 7y ago
      >People like Jaron Lanier felt that online discourse would suffer if there wasn’t some nominal cost to, say, sending an email. Interesting, and I think to some extent it is true.
journalctl 7y ago
Just letting you know I downvoted this because it contributes nothing to the conversation that we haven’t heard a million times before. Yes, Medium sucks ass. I’m sorry. I hate it too. But to see this on every. Single. Thread. involving a Medium article makes me want to pull every last goddamn hair out. The fact that it’s the top comment right now speaks to HN’s apparent inability to actually discuss the content of an article instead of a million other tangential things about the article, the most popular of which being whether or not it’s hosted on Medium.
- lallysingh 7y ago
  The venue blocks access. Linking to an inaccessible article will get complaints. That's the appropriate response. If HN refused medium articles, this problem would solve itself. What value does medium provide to be worth losing HN as a source of traffic?
  - journalctl 7y ago
    But it doesn’t, so why bring it up? Just ignore it and move on. I don’t understand why these conversations aren’t considered not germane and deleted, honestly.
    - LMYahooTFY 7y ago
      Because that response works until you run out of products/services to move on to. If half the interesting posts on HN are blocking access, it merits conversation and I'd argue a few "fuck off"s as well. I'm not sorry that we don't delete conversation you consider boring.
      - scarejunba 7y ago
        Dudes, I'm not sure how to tell you this but if you want quality content without advertising, then spending money will be required at some point. Edit: I'm rate-limited so I can't answer below. Medium pays authors through the Partner Program which is a Flattr-like interaction-based model.
wysifnwyg 7y ago
To deal with this, I use the YesScript2 plugin, now I can read whatever article I want.
snak 7y ago
I decided to block all medium cookies in Chrome a few weeks ago when that message popped up, and now that you mention it I haven't seen it in a while, so I guess it is enough, no scripts/add-ons required.

> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

by egdod 7y ago

> You've completed your member preview for this month, but when you sign up for a free Medium account, you get one more story. Fuck Medium.

Plyphon_ 7y ago

Incognito gets you around this. I know it's beside the point. However incognito is the laziest of bypasses to a subscription-wall which tells me Medium aren't really behind it as a strategy anyway.

bbbobbb 7y ago
Or just deleting the medium cookies (two clicks, same tab, no incognito needed). If there is an easy way to block all cookies from a specific domain without an extension, that would be nice too..
- phkahler 7y ago
  How to do that on android?
egdod 7y ago
For now.
1propionyl 7y ago
The real problem is that websites can still even tell whether or not you're in incognito mode.
- wjmao88 7y ago
  not anymore on Chrome. They patched it.
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago
  Lately I've been using Forget Me for Chrome. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forget-me-clean-history-c/gekpdemielcmiiiackmeoppdgaggjgda https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/forget-me-clean-hi... One click wipes cookies, history, and local and session storage for the current site. It works on the NYT and everything else I've tried so far.
basch 7y ago
uMatrix, can granularly block js, cookies, css etc on a per site and per domain (different elements loading into a site) basis. Blocking all cookies and javascript on medium has minimal to no negative impact on my experience.
- inetknght 7y ago
  I use uMatrix with a global deny of everything. When going to a site never previously visited uMatrix then puts up a big warning sign indicating that the entire site is blocked. That's handy to increase anti-phishing defense depth too.
  - basch 7y ago
    I do the same, its annoying for a while, but worth it. Now I just need a way to sync my settings between browsers, devices, phones and pc. I want one Dark Reader, uBlock, and uMatrix profile across firefox, chrome/brave/vivaldi, and phone.
fragmede 7y ago
to reiterate what you said, since others are trying to be helpful and giving other workarounds: this is besides the point. for such a simple task as publishing static text, we've got what, yet another $7.99 (or whatever), a month fee? yes, medium provides some benefit to both authors and readers, and some may find it worth it, others won't. But it's static text. www.pacbell.net/~username, or Geocities may not have been so glamorous; capitalism has an odor all its own. (inb4 I get ad-homonym'd for having personally benefitted from capitalism)
- tonystubblebine 7y ago
  It's $5. All of that money goes to the authors right now (VC is funding the operations). Plus in the case of this article, some additional money went to an editor and copy editor.

tonystubblebine 7y ago

Not sure it's obvious, but that article only exists because of medium's paywall. That subscription money goes to the author, and in the case of that publication, also editors. I can understand why someone might not want to be a medium customer yet, but I don't see how cursing them is warranted.

spinach 7y ago
Early tech bros built the internet on the idea of everything should be free (even if at the same time they idolized billionaire CEOs) and now the idea of free is pervasive and things like journalism, a pillar of democracy is failing.
- tonystubblebine 7y ago
  Exactly. I'm excited for the pendulum to swing back to pay. I don't understand why I'm being downvoted for that. Pay is so obviously better for the consumer, especially a tech consumer. I know not all of us who read HN are making FB salaries, but we all have pretty good earning potential. And so the ROI on paying $5 to read smarter, more curated, more accurate information seems like a no brainer. I'm excited to exchange money to get back my time and to get smarter.
- gdubs 7y ago
  They were more “Deadheads” than “tech bros”. Paywalls annoy me too. That said, for historical accuracy, the idea that content should be free of charge was hotly debated in the early days of the Internet and WWW. People like Jaron Lanier felt that online discourse would suffer if there wasn’t some nominal cost to, say, sending an email.
  - RenRav 7y ago
    >People like Jaron Lanier felt that online discourse would suffer if there wasn’t some nominal cost to, say, sending an email. Interesting, and I think to some extent it is true.

journalctl 7y ago

Just letting you know I downvoted this because it contributes nothing to the conversation that we haven’t heard a million times before. Yes, Medium sucks ass. I’m sorry. I hate it too. But to see this on every. Single. Thread. involving a Medium article makes me want to pull every last goddamn hair out. The fact that it’s the top comment right now speaks to HN’s apparent inability to actually discuss the content of an article instead of a million other tangential things about the article, the most popular of which being whether or not it’s hosted on Medium.

lallysingh 7y ago
The venue blocks access. Linking to an inaccessible article will get complaints. That's the appropriate response. If HN refused medium articles, this problem would solve itself. What value does medium provide to be worth losing HN as a source of traffic?
- journalctl 7y ago
  But it doesn’t, so why bring it up? Just ignore it and move on. I don’t understand why these conversations aren’t considered not germane and deleted, honestly.
  - LMYahooTFY 7y ago
    Because that response works until you run out of products/services to move on to. If half the interesting posts on HN are blocking access, it merits conversation and I'd argue a few "fuck off"s as well. I'm not sorry that we don't delete conversation you consider boring.
    - scarejunba 7y ago
      Dudes, I'm not sure how to tell you this but if you want quality content without advertising, then spending money will be required at some point. Edit: I'm rate-limited so I can't answer below. Medium pays authors through the Partner Program which is a Flattr-like interaction-based model.

wysifnwyg 7y ago

To deal with this, I use the YesScript2 plugin, now I can read whatever article I want.

snak 7y ago

I decided to block all medium cookies in Chrome a few weeks ago when that message popped up, and now that you mention it I haven't seen it in a while, so I guess it is enough, no scripts/add-ons required.