I agree with everything you said. The best part about writing as a profession comes from the fact that you can do it wherever you feel comfortable.

I don't know why Medium has imposed these rules and on what basis. If Medium really wants to support its writers, it can add PayPal as a choice of payout to writers where Stripe isn't fully functional or in beta mode.

Not only that if writers find a way to enroll themselves in Medium Partner Program from countries that are not supported, they try to close that path. I, myself have experienced this.