I like this idea. Some of the comments on the Nautilus interview seem to focus on how stupid and deficient the technology behind this is or on how someone doesn

I like this idea. Some of the comments on the Nautilus interview seem to focus on how stupid and deficient the technology behind this is or on how someone doesn’t want to be dictated by a site on how they should consume content. I’d usually agree on the latter point because of pervasive tracking and ads on most online sites, but don’t agree with it in this context. I look at reading this magazine as a choice one makes to experience a readable list of articles while being disconnected. It’s somewhat rare to get such experiences online since most sites are geared toward short sensational pieces and a bunch of other listicles and articles to get you to stay and keep jumping around on the same site (or send you to another shady site through Taboola or the rightly named Outbrain or something else). It’s about you, the reader, choosing to have that experience. If you don’t want to be disconnected but want to read this magazine, there are plenty of ways to cheat. The creator of this magazine, Nick Bolin, is not going to fight tooth and nail to stop you from connecting (as clearly stated in an answer referring to looking things up while reading print material). This is not a never ending arms race like in the case of ad blockers vs. ad block killers. What will finally matter is whether there is a good audience for the content and this model. Even if that happens to be a tiny niche, that’s ok. The creator, at least in my reading of the interview, is not after world domination or scaling to beat every other site out there that’s currently fighting for our attention.