Sorry if I'm starting an off-topic discussion here, but I can't read the article due to Medium's reading quota. https://i.imgur.com/uWY1kaw.png

I don't think I have spent that much time on their site, didn't try to. Maybe the fact that many of HackerNews' link go to medium and I started following HN actively recently?

Have people here just accepted to pay Medium 5$/month?