Medium sucked - it’s the opposite of Substack. Substack lets writers retain their own brand and their own access to their audience. They empower their writers

Medium sucked - it’s the opposite of Substack. Substack lets writers retain their own brand and their own access to their audience. They empower their writers with the platform. Medium requires writers to give up that independence to support Medium’s (imo crappy) brand and ad driven model.