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		yunohn on July 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instagram Has Become SkyMall There’s ads on Medium? I’ve never seen any. BTW you can easily open an article in incognito mode, to bypass the login-wall. They do however use analytics, like any other platform that wishes to quantify engagement and provide value to their content creators.

throwawayswede on July 11, 2021 [–]

With or without ads, Medium is the absolute essence of trash software.

jerbearito on July 11, 2021 | [–]

Medium had a brief period when it was enjoyable and not overflowing with clickbait, listicles, and ads. Now it is, indeed, trash software.

behnamoh on July 11, 2021 | | [–]

Just like Quora at its early age.

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