Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free

[swapagarwal]

If someone here reads on Medium a lot, this might be useful for you: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mediumship

This is my second browser extension and it's open-source. It lets you read all Medium stories for free.

Hugs and / or bugs welcome!

[ecares]

Medium business model is terrible and that's pretty much why I stopped publishing on this platform.

Also, some people are going with "quantity over quality" on Medium just to make money.

Once, someoene asked me for feedback on their article, I was happy to provide it, but when I saw I had to pay for this, there was no way I would do it.

[swapagarwal]

Clickable Link: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mediumship

[vertis]

I don't understand the requirement to have either a link or text. Surely it would make more sense to allow someone to explain WHY they're posting something and still have the link be clickable.

[detaro]

AFAIK so people don't get to post a link and have their take on it stand above all other discussion.

[swapagarwal]

I never really dived into it but this seems plausible. :)

[enkiv2]

Is this actually a common problem? Back when I started paying for a membership, I only really ran into 1 or 2 premium stories a month (out of the hundreds I read)...

[seonsakke]

I wonder how long it'll take for Medium to block this? :)

[swapagarwal]

We've emailed to Medium's security department about this issue, and the reply says that the method is intended.

https://github.com/swapagarwal/mediumship#disclaimer

[kull]

Why is this in Ask HN, instead of Show ?

[swapagarwal]

My bad! Fixing...