"Founded in 2012, Medium has raised over $130 million in 5 years. Its founder, Ev Williams, also started Blogger and Twitter. Acquired by Google, Blogger is one of the original blogging services. Ev Williams founded it back when they called them weblogs in 1999."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/theodorecasey/2017/08/14/why-medium-doesnt-matter-anymore/?sh=426c3c4049ad

If Medium hasn't found a way to work around this issue in 10 years then maybe, just maybe THERE IS NO WAY TO WORK AROUND IT.