Not willing to "sign in with Google". Didn't read (just the comments).
I used to open these sites incognito or delete the cookies manually but it's really such an annoyance. Better to automate the policy of disallowing these folks to store cookies.
If the few that do care still visits there is no incitement for the site to not do it.
I think they'll eventually learn not to do these things (see also cookie banners). But if they don't, it doesn't matter to me. There's other content available.
It does leave me more likely to skip content I find on medium - this particular blog has the type of content that would make it a rare exception.