Let me introduce you to my go-to for that bullshit: https://scribe.rip/@DiggerHQ/diggers-statement-on-the-hashic...

courtesy of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28838053

Thanks for sharing Scribe which can help me read Medium articles with an alternative front end that bypasses the paywall.

You can click the X on that modal to close it.

(But yes, I agree that this is annoying, and this kind of sign-up-nagging is what prevents me from having any interest in using Medium or Substack.)