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> Tangential remark: substack is becoming as annoying as medium now. [...] On medium it's become so bad now that I don't even open their links anymore. FWIW I
by Karellen 3y ago
> Tangential remark: substack is becoming as annoying as medium now. [...] On medium it's become so bad now that I don't even open their links anymore.
FWIW I find that Reader Mode works fine for making posts on substack and medium interruption-free, both on desktop (Firefox) and mobile (Safari).
I realise it's possible that either of them might try some Reader Mode defeating hijinks in the future, so you still might want to avoid putting your blog there if you don't want that possibility looming beyond the horizon. But when it comes to reading existing stuff that other people have written, an accessible version should be just one or two clicks away.
- ninkendo 3y agoI've definitely been on Medium pages where Reader Mode only shows one paragraph of the article... it doesn't happen all the time though. They may be intentionally trying to defeat Reader Mode, or it may have just been an accident, I'm not sure.
- radlad 3y agoI have found that for many websites, putting it into Reader Mode and then refreshing the page gives a better result.
- Obscurity4340 3y agoNot sure if it works 100% of the time but if you can't get it to display in Reader mode or find some other way, sometimes refreshing and hitting the "x" in the address bar at the right moment will allow the content to populate before you cancel the rendering of the paywall/signup crap.