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> would be quite nice, sort of like Medium The worst example possible.
Medium has its problems but at least it is trying to find another business model besides the ad-only kind, and that in itself is laudable.
Medium employs the worst kind of ad-business model. I'm not referring to traditional ads but to the practice of imposing a corporate paywall (which is akin to an ad since it's not your paywall but the company's) to entice users into paying Medium for content that they don't even own. Additionally, they pay creators peanuts through an opaque monetization system. It's reminiscent of every other content aggregator website now.