Le Monde diplomatique, English User Reviews

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Useless

Far from any format that can be read on a smartphone. Waste of time

Perspective building

As an American reader I value this monthly as an outside viewpoint and information source for stories not well covered by domestic media. The presentation format is poor, essentially a photo of each page. But I’m rating on content rather than form.

Excellent articles, but one problem.

Le Monte Diplomatique is a fantastic window on the world. However, I hope in the future the app developers will provide the reader view that so many publications have as an alternative to the traditional view. I find reading increasingly difficult due to poor eyesight. This would help enormously.

Far from impressive

The app is simple, which is fine. But, every issue is just a PDF scan - and not a very good one. You have to zoom in read, and the text quickly becomes soft and pixelated.
If the developers want more people to read the journal, please optimize it for newer iPhones and allow column navigation at a decent resolution.
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Very poor value for money

I’m a subscriber to the paper edition and would like to be able to also read the digital version but I’m not prepared to pay again for something that I’ve already purchased. Other publications allow you to access issues online at no extra cost and I don’t understand why this is not the case here.

Poor display quality

Low resolution and thus blurry text. I find it very unpleasant to read this way and will cancel my monthly subscription. Let me know when you've realized it's past 1990 and text need not be delivered as poor quality jpeg.

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Global analysis on a monthly basis

The Monde Diplomatic international analysis and guest writers provide a unique and nuanced way to look at the world problems from a point of view outside the regular European chambers.

Pouco prático

O app não é prático. Não tem tela de leitura, nem permite grifar os textos.
Péssimo layout. Pouco versátil. Não fosse pelo ótimo conteúdo eu ñ recomendaria este app.

a bug

I love reading my diplo on the iPad, however in the recent January '13 edition the second page in illegible. The bug has caused the entire page to blur!

Journalism at it's best

If you want to know what is going on in the world then this paper is mandatory. I had this app for a few months now and the articles are written at a very high quality. This is essential reading for anyone who is interested in world affairs.

Awful on an iphone

This is an awful iphone app. It is impossible to read the content comfortably on screen in this format, and if you purchase access to the digital edition this way you can ONLY access it via your iphone/ipad not online on a computer. Unfortunately, as I am not lucky enough to own an iPad (I imagine it may be more readable on that size of screen), this is not a product I can use. So immensely frustrating and an expensive waste of money. In my opinion this should not be advertised as an app suitable for iphone. I have been trying to arrange a refund but to no avail so far.
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Al Jazeera is better ... And free!

For those of you that have no idea how hard is to get money, in a legal way, just look at the title. The money is supposed to be in advertaising.

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Terrible readability......

Excellent newspaper but
How i can read this on i pad?

A Classic

Excellent opinion paper. App needs ability to share the articles and also save them through Instapaper.

Horrible format

You really need to spend some money to prepare the magazine for the digital age. This is just a PDF of the magazine. Look at the New Yorker, The Economist, or WSJ (amongst others) to see how it should be done. It is a pity that such great content is presented in such awful format.

Insulting

This ap which is purportedly free is useless without a paid subscription. It happens that I do get the paper version and I have great regard for it. But this. C'est horible. Mon dieu.

Great publication

First let me address the complaints that while the app is free most of the content is not. I knew that when I downloaded the app - it certainly says so. Why people always give a one star rating because, god forbid, content is not free is beyond me. This is not an inexpensive print publication so why does anyone expect it to be free.

On to the content: the LMD is one of the premier publications in the world. The articles are in depth and provide intelligent discussion and evaluation of many world issues and the political/economic situation in different countries and regions. Some people may not like it for its political leanings. However, if you are a serious student of world affairs, this is a must read.
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Bait and switch

You can't see crap unless you buy the paid edition.

Thanks for wasting my time douche bags!