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 a

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.