1. Then tell Anticipation you want them. They'll send them to you. They aren't saying they won't give them to you; they're saying you have to ask for them. Mainly they've just reversed the "opt-out" policy that most recent Worldcons have had regarding publications.
2. For every person like you, I'm pretty sure there is at least one person who doesn't want paper publications and is happy getting them electronically only.
3. In a few years, I expect Worldcons will stop publishing "progress reports" as we've come to know them. The number of such reports per unit time has been dropping anyway, as more and more information delivery shifts to web sites. Eventually, it's likely to stop completely.
Re: This has got to stop ...
2. For every person like you, I'm pretty sure there is at least one person who doesn't want paper publications and is happy getting them electronically only.
3. In a few years, I expect Worldcons will stop publishing "progress reports" as we've come to know them. The number of such reports per unit time has been dropping anyway, as more and more information delivery shifts to web sites. Eventually, it's likely to stop completely.