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>walled garden >links medium blog post which can only be accessed behind a login

• Underphil 5y ago
  It didn't ask me for a login (?)
  • Utkarsh_Mood 5y ago
    depends on whether you've finished your free articles for the month
    • jen20 5y ago
      And whether you have an ad/tracker blocker.
      • Underphil 5y ago
        Ah, I sit corrected. I have the blockers and don't think I've ever used Medium before.
• quaintdev 5y ago
  Free products sooner or later end up becoming walled gardens unless it is open source and self hosted.
  • ilikeatari 5y ago
    How about paid businesses models? Aren’t we ripe to start these now?
    • pjerem 5y ago
      By definition, paid products are walled gardens from the beginning.
• gibspaulding 5y ago
  I'm not a huge fan of medium either, but I was able to scroll through the whole article without logging in. There's a prompt at the top, but nothing too obtrusive. I even tried with ublock origin off. What am I missing?
  • eyelidlessness 5y ago
    Medium is extremely inconsistent with their account-/pay-walling. I think it’s intentionally chaotic and confusing to drive signup/subscription rates that wouldn’t happen if they communicated clearly what limits you’ve actually encountered.