Interesting premise.

Okay - a show of hands - how many of us out there have looked at Ads, listened to Ads, read copy around Ads, closed Ads, reduced Ads just to get on with doing something else? Probable everyone. So, we are used to them. Medium says no Ads - so they struggle with $$$ in. So, they devise new ways to calculate a read which reduces payout to writers - on and on. Show some Ads. Charge $5 to read and write. $10 for 6 months of reading. Play with it. Solutions are available that WILL NOT tank the quality of the site. Someone inside Medium cinched up their knickers, tightened their belt, dug in their heels and decided - there's only ONE to do things here. OUR way. Now good writers are leaving. TOP writers re-write content over & over again and when not doing this - sell their courses on how to make money on Medium - as if it were June 2018.

Around and around goes the carousel of life. Joni Mitchell, wasn't it?

Cheers Michael.