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by RockRobotRock 702 days ago
A platform which doesn't encourage me to subscribe with popups, or stop me from reading without logging in.
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Logging in is actually really easy. It's by email and doesn't use a password. Also, Medium uses subscriptions rather than ads to fund itself. I would rather have a popup or two than a shitty ad-infested website.
Ease of login is irrelevant.

They built a closed ecosystem on the back of a fundamentally open form of content.

You can choose whether you want your post to be exclusive to medium members or not.