The paywall one is huge for me. I know Medium is a business, but the paywall hits you so fast. For a lot of the articles I'm reading, I'm not very invested in r

The paywall one is huge for me. I know Medium is a business, but the paywall hits you so fast. For a lot of the articles I'm reading, I'm not very invested in reading them (think "this looks interesting, I'll take 5 to look it over"), so blocking me with a paywall isn't going to get me to pay, it just keeps me from interacting with your site and content. The first two points are also important! I love reading articles on substack. It's fast, it's clean, I know I'll be able to get to the article, read it, and maybe sub if I want to read more of the author's work. It's a great experience. Medium is the opposite. It feels slower, and if the article happens to not be interesting, I feel annoyed because I used up one of my free articles. It's bad enough that I now actively avoid Medium if I can.