That is not the truth.

After I paid my renewed subscription, Ev Williams wrote me an email stating in bold that the purpose of Medium is to “spread ideas that matter,” I assume to him. If Medium were a business, the goal would be to promote the best writers, give readers the competitive perspective not available elsewhere, and make a profit in the process.

Like most media outlets in the United States, Medium is formally a business, but in reality, it operates as the propaganda platform for the very narrow ideological objective.

Authors leaving Medium do not see it clearly and are frustrated that many good articles are not getting the exposure they deserve. If Medium were a business, as you claim, they would.