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Go paperless? Not the GW magazine

Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
in Problem solving
Hello

My print subscription will run out soon, and I wanted to change to a paperless and seedless version.
My attempt to be environmental friendly seems to fail. I asked the GW magazine team and learned that paperless is indeed Smartphone/tablet only. I can't use the laptop, which is a no-go for me.
It looks to me that I have to give up the Gardeners World magazine (and forum) if I want to be environmental friendly.

I ♥ my garden.

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  • NormandyLizNormandyLiz Posts: 788
    That's a shame, but maybe a sign of the increasing use of handheld devices and decreasing use of laptops. It's probably not financially worth their while to develop a laptop version.

    Why would you have to give up the forum as well? It's not for GW subscribers only.
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    edited September 2023
    I thought the problem through from a technical point, @NormandyLiz
    My subject line is wrong: I'm not interested in the magazine, but the Gardeners World website. I don't read the magazine and hardly use the seeds, and always give both to a neighbour, but I do use the website. Much of the content is available with sign in only. And that is the problem. I use the plant descriptions, the videos, and the forum.
    I would need access to those 3.
    I want to pay for the use as the people behind them are paid for their work.

    With my current print subscription, I can't renew to a digital subscription. It looks like I would have to wait until my print subscription ends and start a new digital subscription with a new forum account.

    I ♥ my garden.

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Can't you just buy the annual digital access thing? It gives you full access to the website without having to have the magazine as far as I can see.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    edited September 2023
    Simone_in_Wiltshire said:
    Hello

    My print subscription will run out soon, and I wanted to change to a paperless and seedless version.
    My attempt to be environmental friendly seems to fail. I asked the GW magazine team and learned that paperless is indeed Smartphone/tablet only. I can't use the laptop, which is a no-go for me.
    It looks to me that I have to give up the Gardeners World magazine (and forum) if I want to be environmental friendly.

    Given that Microsoft have a 70% market share in the Desktop operating system (OS) market its somewhat remiss of Gardner's world magazine management not to produce a Gardner's world magazine Microsoft Windows App for the Windows OS.


    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2023
    As I understand it the only bit of the website that isn’t accessible to non-subscribers is the Premium
    content section .., the rest is freely available to all-comers. 😊 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    That is what I understood too, @Dovefromabove, though the magazine itself isn't part of the website and has to be paid for. I imagine the website and forum are paid for by the ads.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    And I'll remind everyone who doesn't subscribe to GW Magazine, that your local library probably has a digital subscription you can access from home. I would recommend a Chromebook @Simone_in_Wiltshire as they can run Android apps on a laptop so you can actually read the magazine on the device of your preference (just choose one with a good screen in the more premium end). I use Pressreader on mine and it works really well, not as nice to read magazines even on the biggest phone screen. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    edited September 2023
    wild edges said:
    Can't you just buy the annual digital access thing? It gives you full access to the website without having to have the magazine as far as I can see.
    @wild edges Many thanks, this hits the nail.
    I actually thought I can only read the magazine on a tablet but have no access to gardenersworld.com

    Don’t be surprised, it’s a habit of me to expect that everything is extremely complicated and don’t see the tree in the wood. 

    OH is the gadget/app one. No-one believes me that can only use the 📞 app and use the browser. Already downloading something to my phone fails.
     I’m a desktop user (🇫🇲, 🐧, 🍎)

    I ♥ my garden.

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Me too, @Simone_in_Wiltshire, I want the largest screen possible and a full sized keyboard. Who wants to see beautiful photos on a mobile phone screen?
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    amancalledgeorge said:
    And I'll remind everyone who doesn't subscribe to GW Magazine, that your local library probably has a digital subscription you can access from home. I would recommend a Chromebook @Simone_in_Wiltshire as they can run Android apps on a laptop so you can actually read the magazine on the device of your preference (just choose one with a good screen in the more premium end). I use Pressreader on mine and it works really well, not as nice to read magazines even on the biggest phone screen. 

    You can also download and install the Android subsystem for windows and run android apps on a windows 10 machine .

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6fktxJp6ks

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

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