I like Medium. It's a good platform, despite its shortcomings. I plan to stay here as long as it perseveres. That said, I have decided to put a lot of content on my own blogs—that I control. And I've experimented with other platforms including Substack and Tremr. (I'm liking the latter quite a bit.)
I don't care about making money—it's nice measure of success, but I want to reach an audience that's interested in what I write. That's my personal goal. I'm having decent growth on Medium. Haven't been active here that long and I'm approaching 1.1K followers. That's not bad...