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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 3496369" data-attributes="member: 3400">And probably lost a lot of data in the process. I have Dragon Magazines that are over 20 years old that I can easily get to (whether or not they are boarded and bagged). What are the odds of being able to easily access DI stuff 20 years afterwards? If the other computer media and files I've that long are any indication... low.WotC can make whatever choices it wants when it comes to the services it wants to provide but there are trade-offs they are making. Sure, the DI will be easy to access for people over a wide geographical area who have access to the internet, which implies a variety of other criteria as well. But a significant number of these factors are also pretty much necessary to ensure continuing access to the materials, even when already paid for.Gaining access to the print media may also have requirements (knowing they exist and having contact information to get a sub or finding a reliable sales outlet being primary), but the bar is significantly lowered to have continuing access to the information. All I have to do is take reasonable care of it and I have the information as long as the paper survives. WotC may not ultimately care about that from a business model point of view since, once we buy the information, it's ours to deal with (one hopes). But as a consumer and long-time player of D&D, it is a concern I have and informs my preferences for format.</blockquote>

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