I've gotten several subs to some popular mags like Popular Science, PC Mag, Computer World, etc... Towards the end of the sub I get the mag renewals, but it's the same even if you paid for the sub.
They offer the free subscriptions to build their subscription numbers, which in turn they charge the advertisers more to advertise. Then usually the amount of reading material goes down and the amount of ads to look at goes up. :doh: :tongue:
Also I have never had any trouble with free subscriptions people have posted. Some mags I am getting free until 2027 :bigok: