There are a few alternatives if you just want to blog:
https://write.as https://bearblog.dev
And more dev-focused, but I think it's quite noisy: https://dev.to
Maybe substack is more of a "killer".
[1] - https://neocities.org/
Edit: Substack is an idea but seems to be the Patreon of writing.
Result from https://hn.algolia.com/?q=medium seems like a _yes_ to me. I also notice that lots of data science people for example is still oblivious that many despises Medium, so they continue to use Medium to build a community. That's a loss considering how hostile Medium has been to readers.
I never heard any non-tech person complaining about Medium.
A couple of months ago I've started to notice how infrequently I ever read an article hosted on Medium anymore. This is a stark contrast to several years ago when it seemed like every article being shared on social was on Medium. Nowadays, that seems to be dev.to for code-related posts, and substack for others; and just personal blogs for the rest.
(Posts about code moving off of Medium is a welcome change. Medium's paywall and style/format itself don't lend itself well to articles containing code, etc.)