Originally Posted by
saladonion
I have a 2016 version of the archive. Same issues.
Looks like from issue #189 February 2007 the scanned file sizes have doubled and scans are much crisper. I also suspect that earlier issues were done at lower resolution and with older lossy compression algorithms. Unless they do a rescan of all prior issues I don't think this can be fixed.
It is worth asking them though as this would be affecting all subscribers and with their recent push to online could be quiet important. Social media like Instagram are a good place when customer service is not helpful.