I miss something tactile, too. I received Dragon for a good 3-5 years, and and enjoyed:
- To have something to look forward each month
- The cover and interior art
- The thoughtful and well-paced stories and articles
- The editor and reader comments were dynamic and usually sage
On an odd note, I've kept all those magazines, they must be 15-20 years old, and it's incredible the amount of reading the public was expected to consume in an advertisement. There were almost half-a-page blurbs about the product, story, or service for sale and it was very well written and engaging, but again, way too much to expect someone to read now. I would expect most Facebook or social-media ads try to have three or fewer words in the copy.