Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free

Posted by swapagarwal on Monday June 10, 2019 @06:56AM
from the show-hn dept.

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!

( 10 comments | 11 points | on HN )

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by ecares on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:20AM (#20145597)

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.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by swapagarwal on Monday June 10, 2019 @06:57AM (#20145493)

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

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by vertis on Monday June 10, 2019 @09:36AM (#20146579)

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.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by detaro on Monday June 10, 2019 @09:40AM (#20146611)

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

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by swapagarwal on Monday June 10, 2019 @09:45AM (#20146647)

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

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by enkiv2 on Monday June 10, 2019 @03:07PM (#20149735)

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)...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by seonsakke on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:15AM (#20145567)

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

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by swapagarwal on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:28AM (#20145657)

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

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by kull on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:21AM (#20145603)

Why is this in Ask HN, instead of Show ?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free by swapagarwal on Monday June 10, 2019 @07:27AM (#20145653)

My bad! Fixing...

[ Parent | on HN ]