Yes, but, why should I have to do that? I'm not even angry at Medium, business do what business have to do. But why do people willingly post their content on Medium where it gets walled? To begin with, there's WordPress - and countless other alternatives.
I think you need to opt in for your article to be behind paywall and if you do that you get some share from that. So it is basically people wanting to make money from what they write.
Ah ok, so everyone is being rational - that's awesome to hear, thanks! :)