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Ironically, this article was posted on Medium, whose apps are notoriously inaccessible. Despite being a reading-focused app, it does not let you change the text size or spacing in any way. And on iOS, it also ignores the user's systemwide dynamic text setting.



Why does Medium need an app in the first place? Is a web browser not a good enough app for reading content on the internet?


Apps often are a solution for business problems rather than users. In mediums case, the app solves the ad blocking and retention problem.


As far as I am aware of, Medium is not supported by ads, and its popularity depends on the web.


To send push notifications and make it on people's phone screens, is my guess.


Not to mention the persistent sharing dickbars and make you read through a mail slot.


I use plugin for that, it walks through all elements on page (createTreeWalker) and detect actual style position (getComputedStyle) and if it is "fixed" or "sticky" it changes display to "none". So far it worked with every bar, even "use app" button. Then as a bonus I remove all fonts, change color to black on white background, and turn full screen mode on.

pastebin.com/6Q8WT9WJ


If you are using safari/chrome you can use reading mode.

For chrome there is a switche at settings > accessibility > show simpified view




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