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Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by JPws_Prntr_Fngr »

Ma8ee wrote: post #138
favaq wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope your calling The Guardian and especially the CIA... I mean the NYT "independent journalism" is an elaborate joke.

Why do you think so?

Because publications like the NYT depend on access for their "journalism" [0]. Independent/investigative journalism requires an adversarial relationship to power, and looks more like [1]. In past decades, the establishment was occasionally forced to grapple with this [2] [3] but at this point the public discussion is so captured, it's no longer necessary.

Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent lays it out in depth.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/29/corres... [1] https://wikileaks.org/opcw-douma/releases/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee [3] https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/27/archives/cia-established-...

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by rchaud »

> Very disappointing. I had only recently discovered that I actually enjoy reading my local newspaper when it’s on the Kindle as opposed to the paper’s poorly designed website and frequently broken app.

Back when I had a NYT subscription, I'd use Ublock's element zapper to remove the "other article links block" that would show up halfway through an article. But still, reading it on a web page didn't feel right, so I used "Print to PDF" and never looked back. Now I have a personal archive of articles backed up and highlighted, ready for me to revisit even if my subscription has lapsed.

Not all sites work on "Reader Mode", but all sites can still be printed (for now).

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by chaorace »

thazework wrote: post #61
mdavidn wrote: post #2

I am really disappointed by this. These days, I mostly use my (fifth) Kindle when flying on aircraft, and there I mostly read The Economist or The Atlantic. They don't publish offline media for laptops. I don't own a tablet. My phone battery is precious on trips. I guess I'll just look for paper copies at the terminal again...?

For the Economist you should be able to download offline editions through the app- https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/Whats-included-in-...

Is it really the same experience, though? In newsstand publications, you can swipe up/down to skip articles and there's a special 2-pane ToC that lets you navigate by sections. I'm not even sure if the epub format has the capability to provide magazine-specific integrations like these.

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by rchaud »

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #72
bentlegen wrote: post #69

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Wow, $2 is a good deal. I feel I paid that little to start, but now NYT charges me $20 CAD a month. I regularly debate whether it’s worth it or not, and it definitely stops me from subscribing to other publications.

Good luck canceling that subscription.

Paypal has a one-click cancel option for any recurring payment.

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by rchaud »

flakeoil wrote: post #112
ako wrote: post #39

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At the same time, having to subscribe to specific periodical keeps me from doing it all. I see the these subscribe pop-ups every time I visit a newspaper, at least 5 different newspapers per day. It is just not affordable to have 5 subscriptions, so I end up subscribing to none.

You could try readly.com. It's around 12 USD/month for a huge amount of magazines and news papers.

These aggregators usually do not include 100% of the papers's content.

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by bombcar »

ravel-bar-foo wrote: post #80
cygnus2512 wrote: post #77

Back in 2015, I had a opportunity to work with a group of volunteers (non-profit organization that focused on community development in rural areas of Africa) and started using Kindles loaded with newspapers and magazines from the Kindle Newsstand as part of an education program. The whole group would visit villages and set up reading stations with the Kindles. That program over time, became so successful that it attr…

Around 2013 our university digitized their newspaper displays. Prior to the renovation, newspapers were posted daily in large vertical glass-covered display cases in the student lounge of the library (the library would buy and post two copies so all pages were face up). Tens of students at a time would slowly walk down the row of newspapers reading during their study breaks and quietly chatting while sipping on coffe…

I remember the local library had these wood slat sticks they'd put the papers on, and you'd have today's paper on the top of this standing height desk, and the previous week or two would be underneath it; it was VERY nice for glancing at headlines or reading a page or two when passing by.

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by rchaud »

BossingAround wrote: post #68
teruakohatu wrote: post #38

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Not to mention that the ebooks are not cheaper, or if they are not by much.

This was mind blowing to me. I can understand games did not become much cheaper by being electronic-only (though it did give rise to much cheaper indie games) but like 16 years ago when Kindle came out, I thought paperless books would slash the consumer prices by at least half. Turns out the publisher just increased their margins.

This is where used books win, and why physical books need to exist. I will never purchase a digital file for $9.99. I have however purchased PDFs directly from the writer's website, usually for no more than $5, which is OK.

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by nashashmi »

So the individual subscription model directly competes with their Amazon Kindle unlimited. This is about harnessing control for themselves. And when control of journalism is harnessed directly by the corporations they can prevent bad news about Amazon from being published, and they definitely can prevent “false” news of Amazon, being published

Re: Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

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Post by wrycoder »

longnguyen wrote: post #167
edu115 wrote: post #163

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9€/month for Platinum, which is the only option with more than 5 RSS feeds, is a bit too much in my opinion. I think if you could keep it sub-5€/$ you'd get a lot more subscribers.

Thanks for the suggestion. I gotta admit I’m constantly improving my profile. Your feedback is well noted and I am will work on it soon.

Yes, almost the price of a Kindle every year is too high just to send content, no matter how well done.

Is there a problem hitting the Kindle storage limit?

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