Chrome-Stats extension
Medium Unplugged
Remove everything except the content of a Medium article, the result of which is a fast and calm reading experience.
What is Medium Unplugged?
Stats
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
- storage
- https://medium.com/*
- https://*.medium.com/*
- https://gist.github.com/*
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Other platforms
Summary
A normal Medium article comes with a ton of baggage that gets in the way of reading- paywall, popup, user-tracking javascript, recommendation and etc. This extension removes all that and purely gives you the static content.
Features
- Blazing fast
- Support embedded contents and gists
- Syntax highlighting
- Bypass the Medium paywall
- Surface author's RSS feed for easy subscription
- Supports major publications without relying on static list of domains
- Dark mode
- Add additional values for syndicated posts from personal sites
Known issue Medium seems to have caught on to the twitter url hack as a workaround their paywall. I'm occupied with another project now. In the meantime, I suggest this free service https://scribe.rip
Safety
Risk impact
Medium Unplugged is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Medium Unplugged if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Medium Unplugged has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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