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Originally Posted by PeterT
I believe it's always been that way. Papers / Magazines seem to be licensed for ONLY mobile device usage; not for Desktop.
I think the idea was probably that the Papers / Magazines want you to either pay their access fees (New York Times for instance) or view their advertising content, and that allowing people to use Kobo Desktop to read would remove those other income streams.
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The subscription rate for the Kobo version of The Washington Post is about $12/month. That is too much in my opinion. I viewed the newspaper on my Kobo iPad app, which of course has a very large screen, and was not very impressed with it. The iPt4 was way too small to enjoy reading a newspaper. I suspect the 6" Kobo will be too small as well especially since it seems rather slow at accessing hyperlinks. So I think these newsstand items might not be worth the price unless we can view them on the Desktop app too.
If the newspaper doesn't show up today on my Kobo I'll cancel the subscription anyway as there is no reason to pay for something I cannot get to download. Yep it has been over 1.5 days since I subscribed and still no newspaper on the Kobo though I've got three editions on my iOS devices.