I'm willing to give them a little leeway (a very little), although I, too, deplore the decision to end the publication of both mags, particularly because the content has been some of the best it has been years. I've been reading Dragon since 1982 and do not relish the idea of never receiving another one once the end hits.
But in the end, for me, it will come down to the content that will, hopefully, still be provided in whatever format is dreamed up next. I would prefer (and continue to buy) an honest-to-goodness magazine. But, lacking that, if WoTC will still offer up such enticing entries like the Demonicon, prestige classes specific to GH/FR/Eberron, Ecologies, Volo's guides, and the other things I enjoy, then I will at least be somewhat mollified. I would be thrilled to find a new demon lord/Demonicon entry from Mr. Jacobs available as a PDF download at the WoTC site or somewhere else; I would likely pay for it as a stand-alone supplement, however short, in the absence of its appearance in a magazine. Ditto that for GH-centric material of whatever type/content.
And no, I'm not interested in the slightest in Pathfinder, and will not buy any of those products.
