Given that Sanji in East Blue was able to buy a Devil Fruit magazine.
There isn't any reason for the average Grandline Crew to not buy those magazines to get an advantage on devil fruit users before battle by knowing it's weaknesses. The way people are taken back by Devil Fruit abilities even in the New World seems weird.
It's like going to the wild without getting info on which plants are poisonous and which berries could kill you. One would think it's strategy 101 to know the abilities you are gonna counter in the New World
There isn't any reason for the average Grandline Crew to not buy those magazines to get an advantage on devil fruit users before battle by knowing it's weaknesses. The way people are taken back by Devil Fruit abilities even in the New World seems weird.
It's like going to the wild without getting info on which plants are poisonous and which berries could kill you. One would think it's strategy 101 to know the abilities you are gonna counter in the New World