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			Like most startups, Medium was built in a fundamental disrespect for the industry it was disrupting. medium.com/@espiers/medium-and-there-is-only-r-cb0cf8fcbdcd
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			Medium is afraid of a fair fight with competitors. If the field isn't filled with easy to bankrupt morons: pivot! Chronotope/813775794795401217
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			It was so predictable it almost isn't worth talking about, except for the people who put livelihoods at stake. aka Everyone but Ev & buds.
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			It's easy to pick on Medium, but this is pure textbook for many VC backed startups.
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			That said, Medium gets extra points for being disrespectful and unprofessional towards its partners. Though that isn't abnormal either.
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			Pour one out for the Twitter API partners.
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			And then pick on Medium anyway because they did all this and managed to be super blatant about it.
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