Review: What a mean spirited rotten organization (the New Yorker)!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2010
Latest update - I finally cancelled. The unavailability of all access is really cutting down on the amount of content I wind up reading. Maybe I'll re-subscribe in the future when those low-lifes at Conde Nast (Conde Nasty) decide to implement a subscription policy that strives to treat customers fairly.* * * * * *Here is a five-star review I originally posted in Sept. 2010, back when everyone was slamming The New yorker on price:* * * * * *Kindle and The New Yorker are a perfect match.I can adjust the font size exactly as I wish. It's delivered a bit after 12:00 AM Monday as opposed to print, which gets here when my local post office feels like it, which is quite variable.Better still, I find myself reading much more content per issue than ever. Undoubtedly, some of this reflects font adjustment. But as I pointed out in my review of The Economist, it may also have something to do with the nature of the Kindle edition. Everything is presented in bite-sized nuggets and I'm not distracted by having too many thing to look at.I'm aware there are things in print that don't appear in Kindle. That's OK. I can live without access to extra content I most often wound up not having read anyway.* * * * * *Later on, as part of some price increase, The New Yorker and Amazon arranged that as long as I kept my subscription, I'd have all access, which includes iPad. It worked fine (although  the Apple app is kind-of mediocre -- you can't adjust font). Then, just the other night, I was booted off and couldn't log back in.I called the New Yorker and they, essentially, told me to get lost and call Amazon. I called Amazon, which confirmed I should have been still getting iPad access, but on further investigation, it seems The new Yorker reneged and switched off these arrangements.Wonderful company, huh. What a bunch of mean-spirited dimwits! I can still keep reading on paperwhite, which is quite comfortable on the eyes and easy to handle. But now, I'm no longer allowed to see all the advertisements The New Yorker sells and prices on the basis of viewership!!!!!! Way to go folks. You really got me. And then, like all other print publications, they cry and whine when revenue falls and blame the internet. Yeah, right!As to the New Yorker on Kindle, it is as it was at the time of my first review. But you do have to be aware that if you subscribe, you are dealing with one of the most miserably mean-spirited customer-hating organizations on the planet. I'm keeping my subscription for now because I still have what I had at the time of my five-star review. But I'm not sure how long I'll stock with it; whether or not my anger at The New Yorker will eventually overcome my enjoyment of the publication.