Wired Magazine Wants Me to Pay More
I just received the last issue of my subscription to Wired Magazine and it included the obligatory “LAST ISSUE!” subscription renewal card guaranteeing me the low rate. What is ironic is that the “guaranteed low rate” to renew is $12 while the annoying subscription cards that fall out of the magazine advertise a one year subscription for $10.
I know it’s only a couple of dollars difference but the fact that Wired openly wants to charge its current customer (of many years) more than a new customer is amusing. (I wonder if this is what Chris Anderson meant in his post about magazine subscription cards.) I don’t think I will be renewing the subscription anyway. Over the past year or two the number of articles that appeal to me have dropped dramatically. For a while there were so many articles on the entertainment industry I had make sure I wasn’t reading US Weekly. The amount of filler material has also increased beyond reason. I used to read the magazine cover to cover and now I am lucky to complete two articles. I think there are better sources for information on technology and business. So long Wired, sorry you have to go.
P.S. What are your favorite places to get your tech/business/culture info?
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