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<blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9250364" data-attributes="member: 7044459"><p>It's a mix for me. For books, whether it's a novel or an RPG book I really prefer to read a physical book. I work in front of a computer all day, and I play video games at a computer, and I consume most of my media through the computer. I like having a hobby that I can go sit on the couch and do. Or to take with me in the car to read while I'm waiting for the dog at the groomer or something. I like the tactile feel of paper in my hands too. With that said, I do really appreciate these companies that offer combo deals. Like I just bought the Creature Codex from Kobold Press and got both the soft cover and the PDF. There is a big use advantage of PDF RPG books. Hyperlinked table of contents for instance. I also like to DM from my tablet, and I've found that I can cut and paste chunks of the books into a slideshow and swipe through it at the table. Paste the stat block from the Goblin, and I'm good there, but if I want to make a Goblin Shaman, I can go cut out the individual spells I think they should have and paste those in there too. </p><p></p><p>With music and movies I used to be really into collecting them physically. In my teenaged years I just pirated everything, but once I entered adulthood, and got an adult job I started actually paying for media. I have a big binder full of CDs. Probably around 150 or so, and I can't tell you the last time I touched it. It's so much easier to pay Google $13/mo and have my entire collection of music plus any other song I may want to listen to right at my fingertips. On top of that I regularly use the radio function to discover new music. I do know that I'm at their mercy now, and at any time they could tell me to pound sand and double or triple the price, or limit my ability to listen to music.. And as crazy as it sounds the convenience is worth the risk to me. </p><p></p><p>If there's a movie I really like I do try to buy it physically. Streaming services are fickle, and I've been in the position where I want to watch a movie that used to be on Netflix, only to find out it's on Amazon Prime instead and I'm up a creek.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Meech17, post: 9250364, member: 7044459"] It's a mix for me. For books, whether it's a novel or an RPG book I really prefer to read a physical book. I work in front of a computer all day, and I play video games at a computer, and I consume most of my media through the computer. I like having a hobby that I can go sit on the couch and do. Or to take with me in the car to read while I'm waiting for the dog at the groomer or something. I like the tactile feel of paper in my hands too. With that said, I do really appreciate these companies that offer combo deals. Like I just bought the Creature Codex from Kobold Press and got both the soft cover and the PDF. There is a big use advantage of PDF RPG books. Hyperlinked table of contents for instance. I also like to DM from my tablet, and I've found that I can cut and paste chunks of the books into a slideshow and swipe through it at the table. Paste the stat block from the Goblin, and I'm good there, but if I want to make a Goblin Shaman, I can go cut out the individual spells I think they should have and paste those in there too. With music and movies I used to be really into collecting them physically. In my teenaged years I just pirated everything, but once I entered adulthood, and got an adult job I started actually paying for media. I have a big binder full of CDs. Probably around 150 or so, and I can't tell you the last time I touched it. It's so much easier to pay Google $13/mo and have my entire collection of music plus any other song I may want to listen to right at my fingertips. On top of that I regularly use the radio function to discover new music. I do know that I'm at their mercy now, and at any time they could tell me to pound sand and double or triple the price, or limit my ability to listen to music.. And as crazy as it sounds the convenience is worth the risk to me. If there's a movie I really like I do try to buy it physically. Streaming services are fickle, and I've been in the position where I want to watch a movie that used to be on Netflix, only to find out it's on Amazon Prime instead and I'm up a creek. [/QUOTE]
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