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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7988791" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>I buy stuff all the time that I don't get to keep.</p><p></p><p>Food. Drink. Clothes wear out. Books fall apart. Movie and music formats change. </p><p>Stuff is transitory and fleeting.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You pretty much can. You can save websites as PDFs. You just hit CTRL-P and print to PDF.</p><p></p><p>Or you can save the HTML file and effectively have access to the website. Or get a webscraper program to basically download the entire thing and save it. </p><p>Or download the files to the app on your tablet and use them life PDFs on that device.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No. I'm arguing that worrying about "owning" digital files beyond the lifespan of the game is silly.</p><p></p><p>A thumb drive definetly seems safe. But so does having it as an optical disc: </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.enworld.org/threads/hey-are-we-all-cool-with-having-to-buy-the-same-book-twice-or-what.671937/page-21#post-7988642[/URL]</p><p></p><p>How many computers sold today still have those? </p><p>How many new MacBooks will your thumbdrive fit in?</p><p></p><p>Obsolescence comes, and it comes quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7988791, member: 37579"] I buy stuff all the time that I don't get to keep. Food. Drink. Clothes wear out. Books fall apart. Movie and music formats change. Stuff is transitory and fleeting. You pretty much can. You can save websites as PDFs. You just hit CTRL-P and print to PDF. Or you can save the HTML file and effectively have access to the website. Or get a webscraper program to basically download the entire thing and save it. Or download the files to the app on your tablet and use them life PDFs on that device. No. I'm arguing that worrying about "owning" digital files beyond the lifespan of the game is silly. A thumb drive definetly seems safe. But so does having it as an optical disc: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.enworld.org/threads/hey-are-we-all-cool-with-having-to-buy-the-same-book-twice-or-what.671937/page-21#post-7988642[/URL] How many computers sold today still have those? How many new MacBooks will your thumbdrive fit in? Obsolescence comes, and it comes quickly. [/QUOTE]
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