<i>freeCodeCamp is the biggest publication on Medium. Our open source community sends Medium about 5% of their total traffic.<p>But over the past year, Medium has become more aggressive toward us. They have pressured us to put our articles behind their paywalls. We refused. So they tried to buy us. (Which makes no sense. We’re a public charity.) We refused. Then they started threatening us with a lawyer. It's not just us. They are doing this to a lot of publications. And a lot of high profile people from the developer community are leaving Medium as a result.<p>Medium is a corporation founded by a billionaire who also accepted $132 million in venture capital.</i><p>Another reason to leave Medium