Make Medium Readable Again
Improves the Medium reading experience, ruined by user engagement tactics.
Make Medium Readable Again: Enhance Your Medium Experience
'Make Medium Readable Again' is a Firefox add-on designed to enhance reading on Medium. It removes various user engagement tactics such as sticky navigation bars, large header images, unwanted pop-ups and more, thus offering an improved and distraction-free reading environment for Medium users.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- storage
- https://*/*
Size: 16.11K
Email: he*****@write.as
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Makes Medium articles more readable
- Removes annoying elements like the flying topbar
- Essential for users on small computers
- Positive feedback for the developer
Cons
- The add-on has stopped working recently
- Development appears to be abandoned
- Some users found it didn't work as expected
Most mentioned
- The add-on was once effective but is currently not functioning
- Users appreciate the idea and purpose of the extension
- Permission request for accessing data concerns users
User reviews
by 天灭中共退党团队保平安, 2025-02-13
"Access your data for all websites" permission is unacceptable.
I understand medium sites can use custom domains, but this should be an option, not mandatory.
by Alex Yancey, 2024-07-12
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Make Medium Readable Again requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Make Medium Readable Again. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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