I quit paying my $200 yearly fee because the magazines I was getting seemed to be mainly full of "datamation" type psuedo-commercials, and what I call the "web-

I quit paying my $200 yearly fee because the magazines I was getting seemed to be mainly full of "datamation" type psuedo-commercials, and what I call the "web-3.0-is-the-new-web-2.0" articles. Also, there was supposed to be some enormous library of online books you could download or something, but somehow you were only supposed to get a few at a time, and none of the stuff was worth reading. Maybe I didn't find the web page with the good library ? But anyway, it sure wasn't worth 55 cents a day. I would pay to be part of an organization or subscribe to a publication that was a little more focused and less crap. Immagine the 2600 magazine, which sells for $4.50, but with interesting articles written by mature people (hey, like the people on HN !). I like 2600's policy of running ads only from subscribers, it is similar to the ad-trasing network mentioned here on HN a few weeks back. A magazine such as that, but with higher quality and more interesting articles, would be worth paying a lot for. If it was associated with some kind of tech conference that met in different regions around the year, and I could get a price break going to it, that would make it worth more. It seems like that is kind of what the ACM used to be, and what it should aim to be again.