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I don't know if it's me nor if the author is aware that in order to read the article I need to enshittificate myself with a medium account to proceed. Please Mr

I don't know if it's me nor if the author is aware that in order to read the article I need to enshittificate myself with a medium account to proceed. Please Mr. Doctorow de-enshittificate yourself from Medium!

PaulHoule 3y ago
Medium was an early adopter of the trend. It tried to pretend it was a little bit better than the rest of the web although it was always a little bit worse. It pulled a Jedi mind trick on people, particularly those too lazy to blog. (Like the guy who was blown away he got 70 views on a Medium post, I had to break it to him that it would take 70,000 views on a blog post to blow me away.) It may be less ironic than it seems. If there is anyone impervious to the concept of enshittification it would have to be the paid Mediumm subscriber, they need to get this message more than anyone.
ZeroGravitas 3y ago
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-de... He has a rundown of the various ways to access his content at the bottom: > How to get Pluralistic: > Blog (no ads, tracking, or data-collection): > Pluralistic.net > Newsletter (no ads, tracking, or data-collection): > https://pluralistic.net/plura-list https://pluralistic.net/plura-list > Mastodon (no ads, tracking, or data-collection): > https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic > Medium (no ads, paywalled): > https://doctorow.medium.com/ https://doctorow.medium.com/ (Latest Medium column: "When the Town Square Shatters: Once again, sf fandom shows us how to use the internet" https://doctorow.medium.com/when-the-town-square-shatters-a7377ed4eff https://doctorow.medium.com/when-the-town-square-shatters-a7...) > Twitter (mass-scale, unrestricted, third-party surveillance and advertising): > https://twitter.com/doctorow https://twitter.com/doctorow > Tumblr (mass-scale, unrestricted, third-party surveillance and advertising): > https://mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com/tagged/pluralistic https://mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com/tagged/pluralisti...
- coffee 3y ago
  > He has a rundown of the various ways to access his content at the bottom To the point of the commenter, you can't read that as it's blocked. A better approach is to change the link to this HN post.
jacknews 3y ago
Indeed, f* medium, how did they get to be gatekeepers to so much of everyone's content anyway? I did register (free), and am now paywalled to upgrade to read almost anything on there - it would be ok if it was just 'paid content' where the authors are getting paid, but it seems to be way beyond that.

PaulHoule 3y ago

Medium was an early adopter of the trend. It tried to pretend it was a little bit better than the rest of the web although it was always a little bit worse. It pulled a Jedi mind trick on people, particularly those too lazy to blog. (Like the guy who was blown away he got 70 views on a Medium post, I had to break it to him that it would take 70,000 views on a blog post to blow me away.) It may be less ironic than it seems. If there is anyone impervious to the concept of enshittification it would have to be the paid Mediumm subscriber, they need to get this message more than anyone.

ZeroGravitas 3y ago

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-de... He has a rundown of the various ways to access his content at the bottom: > How to get Pluralistic: > Blog (no ads, tracking, or data-collection): > Pluralistic.net > Newsletter (no ads, tracking, or data-collection): > https://pluralistic.net/plura-list https://pluralistic.net/plura-list > Mastodon (no ads, tracking, or data-collection): > https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic > Medium (no ads, paywalled): > https://doctorow.medium.com/ https://doctorow.medium.com/ (Latest Medium column: "When the Town Square Shatters: Once again, sf fandom shows us how to use the internet" https://doctorow.medium.com/when-the-town-square-shatters-a7377ed4eff https://doctorow.medium.com/when-the-town-square-shatters-a7...) > Twitter (mass-scale, unrestricted, third-party surveillance and advertising): > https://twitter.com/doctorow https://twitter.com/doctorow > Tumblr (mass-scale, unrestricted, third-party surveillance and advertising): > https://mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com/tagged/pluralistic https://mostlysignssomeportents.tumblr.com/tagged/pluralisti...

coffee 3y ago
> He has a rundown of the various ways to access his content at the bottom To the point of the commenter, you can't read that as it's blocked. A better approach is to change the link to this HN post.

jacknews 3y ago

Indeed, f* medium, how did they get to be gatekeepers to so much of everyone's content anyway? I did register (free), and am now paywalled to upgrade to read almost anything on there - it would be ok if it was just 'paid content' where the authors are getting paid, but it seems to be way beyond that.