Medium Unplugged

Remove everything except the content of a Medium article, the result of which is a fast and calm reading experience.

Medium Unplugged - Fast and Calm Reading Experience

"Medium Unplugged" is a Firefox add-on that removes all the distractions from Medium articles, providing a fast and calm reading experience. It removes paywalls, popups, user-tracking JavaScript, recommendations, and more, leaving only the static content of the article.
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Add-on stats

Users: 26
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Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2021-06-15)
Creation date: 2021-03-03
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • storage
  • https://medium.com/*
  • https://*.medium.com/*
  • https://gist.github.com/*
Size: 36.63K
URLs: Website

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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
Roadmap
  • Supports major publications without relying on static list of domains
  • Dark mode
  • Add additional values for syndicated posts from personal sites
Video https://vimeo.com/525282014

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

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Risk impact

Medium Unplugged requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Medium Unplugged has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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