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So now medium is straight up not letting people read an article unless they're logged in ... Disgusting.

by gdsdfe 7y ago

sky_rw 7y ago
There is also a limit on articles you can read before they throw up a paywall. No clue why anybody would use this as their blogging platform.
- Reelin 7y ago
  I thought that was opt-in by the author?
  - sgt 7y ago
    No, they've changed that. They probably received funding and are now desperate to earn that money back. There should be a site like Medium that wasn't tainted by Vulture Capitalists.
martin_a 7y ago
Disgusting, indeed. But as long as these links are accepted here, nothing won't change. Take this in the meantime: https://outline.com/qsv7ab https://outline.com/qsv7ab
- gdsdfe 7y ago
  Thx!
- sgt 7y ago
  Would be great if we could have built-in Outline support on HN, or some kind of bot commenting a link automatically when someone posts a story with a paywall. Just throwing an idea out there. :)
  - omneity 7y ago
    That's a great idea actually! @dang are such bots allowed in HN? I can roll it out pretty easily with Monitoro (https://monitoro.xyz https://monitoro.xyz) and would be happy to cover the costs.
    - deleted 7y ago
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askvictor 7y ago
I hate the fact some sites using their own domain use medium, and still require the login.
zzo38computer 7y ago
The article works fine for me, and I do not have an account for that. (I don't like the formatting, but it is readable.) (I don't even see any mention of login.)
SeriousM 7y ago
I use Firefox focus which has no session or cookies stored, and I never has a problem with medium articles. Do they save the read articles locally in normal browsers and block the user after a certain threshold?
Tepix 7y ago
I'm not logged in and it lets me read it. But I probably didn't have a cookie from Medium when i went there. So try deleting your Medium cookies as a workaround.
bvm 7y ago
I am logged in, and I can't read it.
slowhand09 7y ago
google readium...

So now medium is straight up not letting people read an article unless they're logged in ... Disgusting.

by gdsdfe 7y ago

So now medium is straight up not letting people read an article unless they're logged in ... Disgusting.

There is also a limit on articles you can read before they throw up a paywall. No clue why anybody would use this as their blogging platform.

Reelin 7y ago
I thought that was opt-in by the author?
- sgt 7y ago
  No, they've changed that. They probably received funding and are now desperate to earn that money back. There should be a site like Medium that wasn't tainted by Vulture Capitalists.

martin_a 7y ago

Disgusting, indeed. But as long as these links are accepted here, nothing won't change. Take this in the meantime: https://outline.com/qsv7ab https://outline.com/qsv7ab

gdsdfe 7y ago
Thx!
sgt 7y ago
Would be great if we could have built-in Outline support on HN, or some kind of bot commenting a link automatically when someone posts a story with a paywall. Just throwing an idea out there. :)
- omneity 7y ago
  That's a great idea actually! @dang are such bots allowed in HN? I can roll it out pretty easily with Monitoro (https://monitoro.xyz https://monitoro.xyz) and would be happy to cover the costs.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]

askvictor 7y ago

I hate the fact some sites using their own domain use medium, and still require the login.

zzo38computer 7y ago

The article works fine for me, and I do not have an account for that. (I don't like the formatting, but it is readable.) (I don't even see any mention of login.)

SeriousM 7y ago

I use Firefox focus which has no session or cookies stored, and I never has a problem with medium articles. Do they save the read articles locally in normal browsers and block the user after a certain threshold?

Tepix 7y ago

I'm not logged in and it lets me read it. But I probably didn't have a cookie from Medium when i went there. So try deleting your Medium cookies as a workaround.

bvm 7y ago

I am logged in, and I can't read it.

slowhand09 7y ago

google readium...