Zinio offers fix for QuickTime + Flash quirk in their magazines

I've been a long time user of Zinio. All my historical problems were solved by deleting the ContentGuard directory, rebooting and reinstalling. However, now I've not been able to view any magazines since Nov. The standard fix doesn't work and no one is responding to any email nor answering any phones. They don't even have voice mail on their phone. I need help and I can't find a way of getting it.

I've been using Zinio since 2003, on both a Mac and PC. I've never had any DRM issues - I keep the same magazine library on both machines. Price-wise, they seem comparable to the dead tree editions, but for me they are a heck of a lot more convenient. I am visually impaired, and the ability to blow up the magazine to whatever size I want is especially handy. Plus I don't have to deal with piles and piles of old magazines lying about - since I live in an apartment (and a rather small one at that), I don't have a lot of free space to store these things.

I used Zinio when it first came out. But after one of the Mac OS updates, it just wouldn't work anymore. They offered "fixes," but none of them helped. So I cancelled my subscription. What pisses me off is that they still send me e-mails and I have no way to stop them, since they cancelled my account and I can't get in to change my preferences. Zinio sucks.

I use Zinio on a PC, a Mac Mini, and a Macbook and have never once encountered a problem with their DRM.

Expensive? Most times their prices are either the same or less than the price of a standard magazine subscription. PC Magazine is $9.99, US World News - $15, Macworld $19...that doesn't seem ridiculously overpriced to me.

I love Zinio...I use to subscribe to a number of magazines and felt like a tree-killer whenever I looked at my coffee table. Don't have to worry about that anymore.

I can't say that I've had any run-ins with their DRM restrictions, and I've moved files between computers a few times - both Mac and Win - with no major issues. And expensive? Since when is 12 issues of Motor Trend for $12 expensive? It's much cheaper than the newsstand!

I used Zinio for a few subscriptions, but had to stop. THe DRM is ridiulous. It's not just the file that checks for your account, the magazines are tied to your Mac address. For someone like me that changes computers often, it was just too much to call them each time and get scolded for moving machines.