Austin, I have high hopes for Medium as well. Your narrative and comparison to Netflix made a lot of sense to me.
One piece of feedback on the innovation quote from Steve Jobs, I don’t believe the goal is to make people want what we have. Rather, to understand what people need/want more profoundly than they understand it themselves. Apple and Steve didn’t spend time convincing you that you need what they have. They push the boundaries on what is possible and then you look and say, “how did I ever live without this?!”.
I believe Medium understands what readers need and want better than we do ourselves. Now they just have to get the mechanics and incentives right so I can find all the best writing I’m looking for in one place, just like you said 😉
Thanks for sharing!
