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Is there a way to see medium.com posts without the login-wall? Medium is awful - why do people choose to use it? I'd like to read this article, but it won't le

Is there a way to see medium.com posts without the login-wall? Medium is awful - why do people choose to use it? I'd like to read this article, but it won't let it to me without signing up or installing an app. No thanks. It would be nice if HN blocked articles that required installing an app or paying a subscription etc to view.

super_linear 6y ago
Looks like this was also cross-posted on dev.to: https://dev.to/napicella/how-are-docker-images-built-a-look-into-the-linux-overlay-file-systems-and-the-oci-specification-175n https://dev.to/napicella/how-are-docker-images-built-a-look-...
jrockway 6y ago
Medium's thing seems to give you a limited number of views per month. It is reset by deleting cookies / local storage. (I just use Incognito.)
rgrau 6y ago
Incognito mode works. There's this userscript I created a few days ago that can open the incognito window for you in those cases: https://gist.github.com/kidd/d53ca34477c45ee927105fc03b417973 https://gist.github.com/kidd/d53ca34477c45ee927105fc03b41797... . Not rocket science, but I'm happy with it so far
jrullman 6y ago
https://outline.com https://outline.com This article: https://outline.com/kafUVa https://outline.com/kafUVa
- jaytaylor 6y ago
  https://archive.is https://archive.is
u801e 6y ago
> Is there a way to see medium.com posts without the login-wall? I've never encountered the login page for any article I've tried to read on medium.com. I wonder what triggers it?
- Shared404 6y ago
  I helped with determining that in a previous thread a while ago. IIRC, we decided it was blocking cookies that prevents it, with a side of blocking JS.
csunbird 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html The guidelines allow paywalled links (unfortunately, my opinion).
- rzzzt 6y ago
  There used to be a link beside the submission's original that ran a web search for the title of the article, so that non-paywalled versions could be found. Did that go away or am I mixing it up with something else?
  - csunbird 6y ago
    I remember that existing as well.
littlestymaar 6y ago
It's either ublock origin, or the default tracking protection of Firefox but I have never witnessed the login-wall everybody complains about.
ironmagma 6y ago
> Medium is awful - why do people choose to use it? I used it recently because of two reasons - the network effect, and it is the best in its category that's available. A competing platform with as nice of typography and layout would be welcomed.
akagr 6y ago
You can read unlimited premium stories on medium if you open stories via Twitter links. Just copy the story url and message that to yourself in Twitter. Open the story link it generates from there. This is an official feature of medium.
- mkranjec 6y ago
  Thanks! Didn't know that, I usually just use incognito.

super_linear 6y ago

Looks like this was also cross-posted on dev.to: https://dev.to/napicella/how-are-docker-images-built-a-look-into-the-linux-overlay-file-systems-and-the-oci-specification-175n https://dev.to/napicella/how-are-docker-images-built-a-look-...

jrockway 6y ago

Medium's thing seems to give you a limited number of views per month. It is reset by deleting cookies / local storage. (I just use Incognito.)

rgrau 6y ago

Incognito mode works. There's this userscript I created a few days ago that can open the incognito window for you in those cases: https://gist.github.com/kidd/d53ca34477c45ee927105fc03b417973 https://gist.github.com/kidd/d53ca34477c45ee927105fc03b41797... . Not rocket science, but I'm happy with it so far

jrullman 6y ago

https://outline.com https://outline.com This article: https://outline.com/kafUVa https://outline.com/kafUVa

jaytaylor 6y ago
https://archive.is https://archive.is

u801e 6y ago

> Is there a way to see medium.com posts without the login-wall? I've never encountered the login page for any article I've tried to read on medium.com. I wonder what triggers it?

Shared404 6y ago
I helped with determining that in a previous thread a while ago. IIRC, we decided it was blocking cookies that prevents it, with a side of blocking JS.

csunbird 6y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html The guidelines allow paywalled links (unfortunately, my opinion).

rzzzt 6y ago
There used to be a link beside the submission's original that ran a web search for the title of the article, so that non-paywalled versions could be found. Did that go away or am I mixing it up with something else?
- csunbird 6y ago
  I remember that existing as well.

littlestymaar 6y ago

It's either ublock origin, or the default tracking protection of Firefox but I have never witnessed the login-wall everybody complains about.

ironmagma 6y ago

> Medium is awful - why do people choose to use it? I used it recently because of two reasons - the network effect, and it is the best in its category that's available. A competing platform with as nice of typography and layout would be welcomed.

akagr 6y ago

You can read unlimited premium stories on medium if you open stories via Twitter links. Just copy the story url and message that to yourself in Twitter. Open the story link it generates from there. This is an official feature of medium.

mkranjec 6y ago
Thanks! Didn't know that, I usually just use incognito.