I'm still confused about that 'adding 77 countries.' How did they do that? Those 77 countries could already write on Medium. I most certainly did while I was living in South Africa.

Many people living in India also wrote.

The difference is that we were not able to get paid. They still can't. The reason for that is that Stripe does not cater to those countries.

I really don't get it, and when I queries it, I was never answered.