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Hey, are we all cool with having to buy the same book twice, or what?
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<blockquote data-quote="eyeheartawk" data-source="post: 7985179" data-attributes="member: 6727715"><p>Because you're an adult? Like, I love D&D yet I am capable of separating the product from the company that makes it. </p><p></p><p>I happen to also think the index in the PHB is rubbish. That an affront to your 27 years of cherished memories too? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I said many do, and some are a tiny fraction of WotC's size. Also, this bit about direct purchasing only you seem to be stuck on simply isn't true. Here are 113 examples: </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bits-and-mortar.com[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay. We are not talking about the norm in fiction publishing. For reference material, which a rulebook is, it should be. Go ask a college student if they think a textbook they paid money for should also come with the PDF. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, they do. I don't want free access to DnDBeyond. Their toolset is fine. I object to the fact that I have to buy the rules there, if I want official electronic rules, they're not PDFs in the traditional sense, but the closest thing we got. Also, that I would lose access at some point in the future. So you know, not great from a consumer standpoint. If you want them you don't own them in perpetuity and are forced into an virtual ecosystem you may have no interest in.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And? Take the companies that participate in Bits and Mortar for example. I assume there was a time where they want from not providing PDFs with purchase to providing them. Where was the outrage? I don't see how this is a negative. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What's the problem? I thought the rules on DnDBeyond are distinctly not PDFs but part of a greater toolkit that are uniquely distinct? How would they be paying twice?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Okay. That's great. That doesn't really matter when we're talking about whether PDFs should he made available though. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Post your meanie mean pants things about Hasbro elsewhere, mister!</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eyeheartawk, post: 7985179, member: 6727715"] Because you're an adult? Like, I love D&D yet I am capable of separating the product from the company that makes it. I happen to also think the index in the PHB is rubbish. That an affront to your 27 years of cherished memories too? I said many do, and some are a tiny fraction of WotC's size. Also, this bit about direct purchasing only you seem to be stuck on simply isn't true. Here are 113 examples: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bits-and-mortar.com[/URL] Okay. We are not talking about the norm in fiction publishing. For reference material, which a rulebook is, it should be. Go ask a college student if they think a textbook they paid money for should also come with the PDF. Yeah, they do. I don't want free access to DnDBeyond. Their toolset is fine. I object to the fact that I have to buy the rules there, if I want official electronic rules, they're not PDFs in the traditional sense, but the closest thing we got. Also, that I would lose access at some point in the future. So you know, not great from a consumer standpoint. If you want them you don't own them in perpetuity and are forced into an virtual ecosystem you may have no interest in. And? Take the companies that participate in Bits and Mortar for example. I assume there was a time where they want from not providing PDFs with purchase to providing them. Where was the outrage? I don't see how this is a negative. What's the problem? I thought the rules on DnDBeyond are distinctly not PDFs but part of a greater toolkit that are uniquely distinct? How would they be paying twice? Okay. That's great. That doesn't really matter when we're talking about whether PDFs should he made available though. [I]Post your meanie mean pants things about Hasbro elsewhere, mister![/I] [/QUOTE]
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