But wait, isn’t it still true that I cannot put a story in MY pub and then in someone else’s?

I’m pretty sure it is. Once Medium “Featured” one of my articles by putting it in one of their pubs.

I “Unfeatured” it by putting it back in my pub because I want everything of mine there, dammit.

I don’t like that rule and see no point for it.

https://medium.com/tonys-tech-corner/medium-featured-one-of-my-articles-and-i-unfeatured-it-63fcc9d72618