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<blockquote data-quote="Dannager" data-source="post: 6170611" data-attributes="member: 73683"><p>I don't believe that it does. I have done it both ways. Extensively. The only difference is that I spend less time thumbing through books trying to find the right page.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Not in any way that's important, at all.</p><p></p><p>If you think that the game experience is fundamentally changed by reading Trivial Pursuit clues off of a smartphone screen rather than a card, your way of thinking is so alien that I can't even <em>start</em> to comprehend what your priorities must be. I truly don't think that's the case, however. I think that you are purposefully and dramatically overstating the importance of these utterly benign differences to maintain your position.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, it is. And if we were talking about a difference as dramatic as going from face-to-face to videoconferencing, this would be relevant. We're not, so it's not.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not self-apparent. At all.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em><strong>Humans created computers</strong></em><strong><em>.</em></strong> We didn't have them handed down from on high, or left behind by an alien race. We created them so that <em>we could use them</em>.</p><p></p><p>Your thinking here is <em>really</em> just...wow.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A tablet with my entire book collection on it is <em><strong>in no way</strong></em> more distracting than having to pass piles of books around the table. This is <em><strong>nonsense</strong></em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>How does "having a life" (nice one - obviously the people who like subscription services <em>don't</em> have a life, amirite?!) make a subscription service any less useful?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everyone does.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The expectation is that they would still be doing it, because you are paying them on an ongoing basis.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When you use a subscription, you make evaluations based on your experience with the subscription in order to determine whether there is value in continuing to subscribe. You are not suddenly made unable to judge the value of something just because you're paying for it on an ongoing basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannager, post: 6170611, member: 73683"] I don't believe that it does. I have done it both ways. Extensively. The only difference is that I spend less time thumbing through books trying to find the right page. Not in any way that's important, at all. If you think that the game experience is fundamentally changed by reading Trivial Pursuit clues off of a smartphone screen rather than a card, your way of thinking is so alien that I can't even [I]start[/I] to comprehend what your priorities must be. I truly don't think that's the case, however. I think that you are purposefully and dramatically overstating the importance of these utterly benign differences to maintain your position. Yes, it is. And if we were talking about a difference as dramatic as going from face-to-face to videoconferencing, this would be relevant. We're not, so it's not. It's not self-apparent. At all. [I][B]Humans created computers[/B][/I][B][I].[/I][/B] We didn't have them handed down from on high, or left behind by an alien race. We created them so that [I]we could use them[/I]. Your thinking here is [I]really[/I] just...wow.[B][/B] A tablet with my entire book collection on it is [I][B]in no way[/B][/I] more distracting than having to pass piles of books around the table. This is [I][B]nonsense[/B][/I]. How does "having a life" (nice one - obviously the people who like subscription services [I]don't[/I] have a life, amirite?!) make a subscription service any less useful? Everyone does. The expectation is that they would still be doing it, because you are paying them on an ongoing basis. When you use a subscription, you make evaluations based on your experience with the subscription in order to determine whether there is value in continuing to subscribe. You are not suddenly made unable to judge the value of something just because you're paying for it on an ongoing basis. [/QUOTE]
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