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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9433729" data-attributes="member: 18182">I think folks convinced WotC is heading down the path to digital gaming dystopia are those who assume that "corporation" combined with "digital product" will inevitably lead to enshittification.WotC certainly has shown they are a corporation that is willing to make consumer unfriendly and short-sighted decisions over the past few years . . . . that is not itself evidence of inevitable digital dystopia, but it influences folks opinions.I am not worried in the slightest. Could D&D Beyond become enshittified and lock the core books behind a digital paywall at sometime in the future? Well, sure. But all actual current evidence is to the contrary.The D&D Beyond experience is far from perfect. I have my criticisms, several in line with [USER=54840]@SlyFlourish[/USER]'s. But the available digital books and tools are pretty damn cool and useful, (IMO) superior to what came before and to the current competition. The biggest issue that concerns me is D&D Beyond eventually disappearing along with all of the digital books I've purchased there. It sort of happened with 4th Edition (although the model was different, you didn't purchase content by the book) and sort of happened with 2nd and 3rd Edition . . . although I'm not sure there is anyone who misses the tools created for those editions. And the same is true of Fantasy Grounds, Roll20, and other digital marketplaces. If they disappear, and you can't download a PDF, then your books go poof.But still, I'm not super worried about this happening anytime in the near future. I'll worry about it, if and when it happens. When the sky falls, I'll duck.</blockquote>

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