Have you ever paid for a print magazine that doesn't have ads? They are usually at least $10.

For some reason, I've started receiving a few magazines at my house that I never asked for: Popular Science, Wired, and Cosmopolitan. They show up for six months, then stop coming. A year later they start again.

Buying a "New Yorker" magazine on a news stand cost me upwards of $8

So even print is not that cheap it seems