@killyourfm while I personally do not mind reading Medium articles, what puts me off is being unable to do just that. when I'm looking for news, or reading them, I do not wish to engage with anything else. Not even a login form. Anything that puts me off even slightly, a popup, anything that covers what I'm trying to read? I'm not reading it anymore. That may sound weak, low attention span, or privileged, and it IS all of those. The info can be found elsewhere, so make it worth it.