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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 9894931" data-attributes="member: 467">I wanted to move this discussion out of the new AP thread out of respect for folks that want to talk about, you know, that.So here we have a place where we can debate the question of whether WotC's apparent leaning into D&D Beyond exclusivity -- meaning not just not offering their digital books elsewhere, but actively putting otu things that will only appear on Beyond -- is bad for D&D and/or bad for customers.I will not obscure my opinion: Beyond exclusitvity is bad, full stop. It is a crass bludgeon meant to drive people to that platform, and it stinks of the enshittification of D&D. I will not support Beyond, and am pretty sure it is time to stop supporting WotC overall.Part and parcel with this is the debate about PDFs, which WotC is completely schizophrenic about. Old D&D stuff? Fine! Partnered content? Fine! But official 5E material -- HELL NO (except when it is not "hell no). The reason PDFs matter is PDFs are something you can own. And, IMO, no, forcing customers to make PDFs of badly formatted web pages is not a solution -- it is an insult.SO that's my perspective, laid out. What's yours?A note: I know many of us are going to disagree, but let's please try and not attack ONE ANOTHER even if we feel thew need to attack opinions. As [USER=177]@Umbran[/USER] is almost certain to have to say, let's not make it personal.</blockquote>