Why? This is an economy where content competes for clicks, not clicks competing for content. The author of that content wants me to see it, Medium doesn't want

Why? This is an economy where content competes for clicks, not clicks competing for content. The author of that content wants me to see it, Medium doesn't want me to see it. I don't care enough to try to circumvent their arrangement. Given the number of votes on my root comment, it seems neither do most people.