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It looks like I have to pay for Medium premium in order to read this story... can anyone give me a tl;dr? Or it looks like I can use Google cache text only to g

It looks like I have to pay for Medium premium in order to read this story... can anyone give me a tl;dr? Or it looks like I can use Google cache text only to get around the paywall but that seems sub-par.

mellosouls 6y ago
Try it in incognito tab in Chrome, or equivalent in another browser; that (Chrome Incognito) normally sorts it for me on Medium.
- typicalbender 6y ago
  I usually do that but was presented with this text from medium after I signed in: > Not every story on Medium is free, like this one. Become a member to get unlimited access and support the voices you want to hear more from. Which makes it sounds like this is a paid article regardless. Incognito worked though thank you.
  - yorwba 6y ago
    I'm pretty sure the intended reading of "Not every story on Medium is free, like this one." is "This one is free, but not every story on Medium is."
    - typicalbender 6y ago
      I think you're right however the only action it gave me was an "Upgrade" button. As far as I could tell there was nothing I could do to continue to read the article without subscribing to Medium. Here's the only thing I saw[1]. [1]: https://ibb.co/cLxMDMV https://ibb.co/cLxMDMV
ChrisLovejoy 6y ago
Didn't realise Medium was like this - I've just uploaded the article to my personal blog: https://chrislovejoy.me/youtube-algorithm/ https://chrislovejoy.me/youtube-algorithm/ Am going to see if I can update the link above aswell.
- typicalbender 6y ago
  Here is what it looked like for me after I signed in to Medium[1]. As far as I can tell there is no way for me to read the article without subscribing to Medium. Incognito allowed me to bypass this requirement as suggested by another user. [1]: https://ibb.co/rQ0kVxq https://ibb.co/rQ0kVxq
- heavyset_go 6y ago
  Ping dang or send them an email through the contact link at the bottom of HN.
- EricE 6y ago
  Thank you - I was getting the same from Medium. Just slightly less pernicious than Facebook. Slightly.
- corobo 6y ago
  Just for another anecdata I must have clicked two other articles hosted by Medium at some point today so I also can't see it - cheers for the alternate link!
mromanuk 6y ago
To avoid this type of spam or paywall: 1. Open it with Incognito 2. Setup and forget: use https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome (also for firefox) 3. using a website like outline: https://outline.com/7eq6fK (this one has the article)

mellosouls 6y ago

Try it in incognito tab in Chrome, or equivalent in another browser; that (Chrome Incognito) normally sorts it for me on Medium.

typicalbender 6y ago
I usually do that but was presented with this text from medium after I signed in: > Not every story on Medium is free, like this one. Become a member to get unlimited access and support the voices you want to hear more from. Which makes it sounds like this is a paid article regardless. Incognito worked though thank you.
- yorwba 6y ago
  I'm pretty sure the intended reading of "Not every story on Medium is free, like this one." is "This one is free, but not every story on Medium is."
  - typicalbender 6y ago
    I think you're right however the only action it gave me was an "Upgrade" button. As far as I could tell there was nothing I could do to continue to read the article without subscribing to Medium. Here's the only thing I saw[1]. [1]: https://ibb.co/cLxMDMV https://ibb.co/cLxMDMV

ChrisLovejoy 6y ago

Didn't realise Medium was like this - I've just uploaded the article to my personal blog: https://chrislovejoy.me/youtube-algorithm/ https://chrislovejoy.me/youtube-algorithm/ Am going to see if I can update the link above aswell.

typicalbender 6y ago
Here is what it looked like for me after I signed in to Medium[1]. As far as I can tell there is no way for me to read the article without subscribing to Medium. Incognito allowed me to bypass this requirement as suggested by another user. [1]: https://ibb.co/rQ0kVxq https://ibb.co/rQ0kVxq
heavyset_go 6y ago
Ping dang or send them an email through the contact link at the bottom of HN.
EricE 6y ago
Thank you - I was getting the same from Medium. Just slightly less pernicious than Facebook. Slightly.
corobo 6y ago
Just for another anecdata I must have clicked two other articles hosted by Medium at some point today so I also can't see it - cheers for the alternate link!

mromanuk 6y ago

To avoid this type of spam or paywall: 1. Open it with Incognito 2. Setup and forget: use https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome (also for firefox) 3. using a website like outline: https://outline.com/7eq6fK (this one has the article)