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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 9393928" data-attributes="member: 2067">And in 20 years, will you still have that access to that content? With corporate shenanigans, with edition transformations, with, idk, a world where net neutrality is gutted and every website we access outside of the walled garden of our internet provider costs a fee? In a world where you're a teenager in Florida and your state has banned all &quot;woke&quot; content and so WotC can't sell D&amp;D to teens there because it has some gay people in it? With one book purchase, my players get free access to all the content in that book. And also, my children can look at the pictures in it. And also, the people I date see it on my shelf and can ask about it. And also, I can loan it to a friend I am not playing with. And also I have books that I've had for more than 20 years that work almost just as well as the day they were bought.I like digital content, I like using digital tools, I spend (too much) money on them, but I'm also deeply, deeply suspicious of how ephemeral they are. I paid for the 4e compendium until the day it was shut down and STILL miss it. It's not a great alternative to a game that's playable offline. I'm fine with it in addition to that, but I'd hate if we were to try and shape the game around that model.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 9393928, member: 2067"] And in 20 years, will you still have that access to that content? With corporate shenanigans, with edition transformations, with, idk, a world where net neutrality is gutted and every website we access outside of the walled garden of our internet provider costs a fee? In a world where you're a teenager in Florida and your state has banned all "woke" content and so WotC can't sell D&D to teens there because it has some gay people in it? With one book purchase, my players get free access to all the content in that book. And also, my children can look at the pictures in it. And also, the people I date see it on my shelf and can ask about it. And also, I can loan it to a friend I am not playing with. And also I have books that I've had for more than 20 years that work almost just as well as the day they were bought. I like digital content, I like using digital tools, I spend (too much) money on them, but I'm also deeply, deeply suspicious of how ephemeral they are. I paid for the 4e compendium until the day it was shut down and STILL miss it. It's not a great alternative to a game that's playable offline. I'm fine with it in addition to that, but I'd hate if we were to try and shape the game around that model. [/QUOTE]

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