Still subscribing to the physical Scientific American magazine. A physical magazine actually gets me to pick it up and read it, without distractions. There's something rewarding about seeing a coffee mug stain and pen scribbles on a profound article.
Ask HN: Do you subscribe to print magazines anymore?
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#12I used to subscribe to Wired for decades until the magazine became 80% advertisements. I switched to Texture but got bored with all of it. I cannot remember the last time I purchased a magazine.
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#13Yes, lots of them. I hate reading on the screen, enough that I own a color laser printer more or less just to print articles that I want to read that are online. But for the most part, I find articles in print magazines to be far superior over what is online: better moderated, more interesting, better written, etc. This probably isn't a complete list, but I pay for: THE NEW YORKER, BUSINESS WEEK, THE ATLANTIC, TIME,…
Yes! Because I too hate reading on screen, and like coverlcock, also purchased a printer just to print out the essays that seem interesting at a glance.
Also, if anyone wants to build a social network that allows trusted friends to send articles (images removed, reader versions with good typography) directly to your printer, let me know. I'd love to work on this with someone.
https://www.thenewatlantis.com (highly recommended)
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#14The reading experience is better & there’s no distraction, so I do except that I cancelled The New Yorker because I got tired of Condé Nast sending scammy “final notice” offers in the mail.
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#15I still subscribe to 2600 (The Hacker Quarterly) but that's it. I look forward to each issue and read them front to back several times. I even regularly go back and look at old issues both for specific articles and just to read randomly. They offer a lifetime subscription and I plan on getting that at some point (you can also add on an order for every single back issue they've ever made, which is gonna be hard to resist!).
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#16Yes, lots of them. I hate reading on the screen, enough that I own a color laser printer more or less just to print articles that I want to read that are online. But for the most part, I find articles in print magazines to be far superior over what is online: better moderated, more interesting, better written, etc. This probably isn't a complete list, but I pay for: THE NEW YORKER, BUSINESS WEEK, THE ATLANTIC, TIME,…
Yes! Because I too hate reading on screen, and like coverlcock, also purchased a printer just to print out the essays that seem interesting at a glance. Also, if anyone wants to build a social network that allows trusted friends to send articles (images removed, reader versions with good typography) directly to your printer, let me know. I'd love to work on this with someone. https://www.thenewatlantis.com (highly re…
Of those three I think Hedgehog Review is the best.
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#17I subscribe to The Wire[0]. I want to encourage the review and curation of the sort of off-mainstream music that it highlights.
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#18A couple of decades ago (2000-2005) I used to subscribe to 20+ magazines, from electronics, to games, business, photography and more. Over the years most of them went bankrupt, or I lost interest, or just annoyed by the effort to manage the subscriptions (and the environmental waste).
I still faithfully subscribe to two: Circuit Cellar [1] and Maximum PC [2]. Love reading each edition, and hope they continue to exist for a long time.
[1] https://circuitcellar.com/
[2] https://www.magazinesdirect.com/az-magazines/6936599/maximum...
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#19I would love to but the texts to ad ratio is horrendous when you are used to adblockers. Last time I read a magazine I actually ended up counting and more than 40% of the content was ads. Felt like a waste of time and money. I'd rather just buy a book.
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#20Just one at the moment, Waveform Magazine. It’s a quarterly publication focusing on modular synthesizers. I love getting them in the mail and disappearing into interviews for the next few afternoons.