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What ARE sales of digital magazines like these days? On the rare occasions that I've had a passing thought to subscribe to one, I found that it's easy to subsc
by StevePerkins 3y ago
What ARE sales of digital magazines like these days? On the rare occasions that I've had a passing thought to subscribe to one, I found that it's easy to subscribe but hard to unsubscribe, and so I never pulled the trigger.
Then my public library started offering PressReader access for free (well, local property taxes notwithstanding). So, much like Spotify, I basically have a subscription to every magazine on Earth now.
Interestingly, while I used to read stacks and stacks of print magazines back in the day, I very rarely think to even pull up PressReader. When I do, I just skim here and there for a few minutes before closing the app and doing something else.
Digital magazines just don't FEEL like magazines, in the way that actual print magazines used to. They feel like blogs, from the pre-social media era when the Internet was still mostly long-form writing. I don't know if this really says something about the decline of magazines, or my own personal cognitive or attention-span decline after ~15 years of social media consumption.
- intrasight 3y agoI read or listen to The Economist and The Atlantic cover to cover. I wouldn't if they didn't have audio editions. Social media and HN vie for my attention - I try to ignore.