[Apple-Guy]

1. That's not normal. I've used magazine apps on iPad 1 to iPad 3 and I haven't seen one that "forgets" who I am. 2. Magazines can pre-download on iPad. It's been that way for awhile. 3. Agree. Many of those involved don't understand the new medium. 4. Agree. It's the problem of the publishing / content industry.

[Terretta]

2. Should be, and the Newsstand settings are enabled for it. But mine doesn't. 1. I used to do the restore method of updates. The ota updates don't forget. But ths last I did a restore and it forgot again.

[lloeki]

It seems iOS/iTunes does not back up the keychain if you don't encrypt your backups via the iTunes setting.