When I want to hear people talk, I'll listen to a podcast.

But that's me. Maybe there are people who like robotic voices? But most of those would be sight impaired and dollars to day old donuts THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT WITH ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES ON THEIR PHONE?TABLET?PUTER!

Medium paid big bucks to buy a company that will give them a feature nobody needs.

It's fine. It's dumb, but it's fine. Though it does disturb me that whoever is steering this boat is so effing clueless.