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<blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9895286" data-attributes="member: 6906980"><p>I don't buy the slippery slope argument. The things that have been online only are things that otherwise would never been available to anyone anywhere. Printing and distributing a pamphlet sized book of short adventures simply is not and never has been an option. We can either get a digital version or nothing.</p><p></p><p>To me these online resources aren't much different than the blogs, news articles, entertainment I access online every day. At one time if I wanted to discuss D&D I had to sit down with someone in person to do so, if I wanted news I had to buy a paper or get a magazine. As far as it being a generational issue I don't have a problem with it and I pretty much guarantee I don't qualify as a younger generation.</p><p></p><p>Last but not least there is still no indication of anything turning into a true walled garden. You do not need to have a paid subscription on DDB in order to purchase anything they sell digitally, anything that has enough content to be sold as a book is available in physical format in many places and DDB is not the only place you can access them digitally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlViking, post: 9895286, member: 6906980"] I don't buy the slippery slope argument. The things that have been online only are things that otherwise would never been available to anyone anywhere. Printing and distributing a pamphlet sized book of short adventures simply is not and never has been an option. We can either get a digital version or nothing. To me these online resources aren't much different than the blogs, news articles, entertainment I access online every day. At one time if I wanted to discuss D&D I had to sit down with someone in person to do so, if I wanted news I had to buy a paper or get a magazine. As far as it being a generational issue I don't have a problem with it and I pretty much guarantee I don't qualify as a younger generation. Last but not least there is still no indication of anything turning into a true walled garden. You do not need to have a paid subscription on DDB in order to purchase anything they sell digitally, anything that has enough content to be sold as a book is available in physical format in many places and DDB is not the only place you can access them digitally. [/QUOTE]
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