This is my own personal preference but I honestly can't stand medium. It started off ok, but now It's too bloated and I can't read many of the articles people link. I use an addon to force myself to put in a password if I really want to see a link someone share on that and several other paywall sites. It gives me a chance to ask myself, "Did I just get baited?" If the answer is yes they do not even get a referrer click.

If there was an addon similar to Teddit Redirect [1] or Nitter Redirect [2] that made the site more usable by stripping out most javascript and removing the paywall then I would probably visit it more.

[1] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-ted...

[2] - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redire...