I’m not necessarily against the gradual removal of physical media, and that’s not because I’m defending Sony or anything like that. We’ve been downloading games digitally for decades, and physical media has increasingly gone the way of the DVD. That transition itself doesn’t really bother me.
That said, I absolutely agree that what they’re doing here is bullshit, and physical media is objectively more consumer-friendly in a lot of ways. I’m just saying I understand the argument from a different perspective.
Because when it comes to books, I’m exactly the opposite.
I want an actual physical book. Paper pages, a cover, the whole thing. I’ve tried reading digitally, and I just can’t get into it. Something about reading a book on a screen feels completely wrong to me.
So I guess I understand the attachment to physical media more than I initially thought. I just happen to draw the line in a very different place.
I have something like 4000 physical movies/shows on disc. A lot of those have digital copies. I will tell you that they’ve absolutely pulled dozens of digital copies from my library. It’s in the fine print. You don’t own digital movies even if you bought them. They don’t tell you they did it they’re just gone one day. If you can figure out what they removed and complain they might give you $5-10 for the inconvenience.
Other topic. When I was able to take the train downtown for work I read so many books on an e-Ink display. I couldn’t do it on a glossy screen but the ‘similar to paper’ of an e-Ink was great. My train was always busy so I stood a lot holding onto the ceiling loop or rail. Dealing with an actual book when you really only have one hand is cumbersome. The digital readers are great for these situations.
I’m not necessarily against the gradual removal of physical media, and that’s not because I’m defending Sony or anything like that. We’ve been downloading games digitally for decades, and physical media has increasingly gone the way of the DVD. That transition itself doesn’t really bother me.
That said, I absolutely agree that what they’re doing here is bullshit, and physical media is objectively more consumer-friendly in a lot of ways. I’m just saying I understand the argument from a different perspective.
Because when it comes to books, I’m exactly the opposite.
I want an actual physical book. Paper pages, a cover, the whole thing. I’ve tried reading digitally, and I just can’t get into it. Something about reading a book on a screen feels completely wrong to me.
So I guess I understand the attachment to physical media more than I initially thought. I just happen to draw the line in a very different place.
I have something like 4000 physical movies/shows on disc. A lot of those have digital copies. I will tell you that they’ve absolutely pulled dozens of digital copies from my library. It’s in the fine print. You don’t own digital movies even if you bought them. They don’t tell you they did it they’re just gone one day. If you can figure out what they removed and complain they might give you $5-10 for the inconvenience.
Other topic. When I was able to take the train downtown for work I read so many books on an e-Ink display. I couldn’t do it on a glossy screen but the ‘similar to paper’ of an e-Ink was great. My train was always busy so I stood a lot holding onto the ceiling loop or rail. Dealing with an actual book when you really only have one hand is cumbersome. The digital readers are great for these situations.