Been a long time since I posted, and I will try to get back to it. I got the last PC Magazine in the mail last week. They advised that it was their last issue in print, and that I would automatically be switched to the digital format unless I asked for a refund. I asked for a refund.
I have been a subscriber to the magazine since the early days, when I was computer hobbiest. Recently the content has gone down hill, with expanded coverage of such silly things as automobile electronics. They also began charging everyone for the utilities they wrote — even if you were a subscriber.
Why cancel? First, it offends me that they can go from publication costs to next to zero publication costs without giving me more. But more importantly, I like reading magazines before bed and while in the “reading room”. I will not squeeze one of these PDF files onto my BB and neither will I shell out hundreds for a ebook reader.
I’ll try to keep track of Dvorak’s columns via email, but otherwise I am done.