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Re:Why Medium Sucks by busymom0 on Thursday June 06, 2019 @12:50PM (#20116334)
> I personally hate the modal that comes up every time if I'm not logged in and how much of my screen is take up by fixed bars.

Regarding this, you can block these UI elements using content blockers. I have used uBlock Origin to block these on my Safari Mac and AdGuard to block them on iOS. I am sure similar equivalents exist for other browsers too which you might use.

I shared a few examples on how to do that on a reddit post before:

https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/av3frt/i_figured_out...

Here's one for Medium specifically: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/av3jlw/i_figured_out_a...

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Re:Why Medium Sucks by jeena on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:31PM (#20116847)
> Regarding this, you can block these UI elements using content blockers.

Oh, wow, this is kind of a revelation to me, I can block the overlay, the bottom fixed banner and the top fixed header and suddenly even medium is a decent reading experience. Thanks for the tip, I'll be using it on other sites too!

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Re:Why Medium Sucks by busymom0 on Thursday June 06, 2019 @07:54PM (#20120385)
Yep, I have been using it to block many things on different sites. On Youtube, I have blocked the "recommended" videos section for example.
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