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<blockquote data-quote="anomalousman" data-source="post: 4242900" data-attributes="member: 39039">The major downside I see to relying on DDI for rules crunch is that they are free to change their idea of what content is offered at any time.&nbsp; If they reckon people are using it as you hope to, I'd bet good money they'll simply remove/cripple that content, and focus on putting up different stuff.&nbsp; They've certainly got a consistent track record along those lines with things like PC-Gen.&nbsp; That's why I will only accept hardcover books or PDFs without DRM.&nbsp; Watermarking the PDFs is fine, because I can still use it on my various computers, but I refuse to spend hundreds of dollars on stuff that can be effectively taken away at any time.And that's why their pricing on PDFs will seriously affect how much money they get from me.&nbsp; I'd rather buy everything they offer in the year, but I'm only going to get the original books as hardcopies.&nbsp; Our 3.5 playtable is now unworkable with all the books - my laptop is the only thing I use, and most of the other players are relying on it too, now.&nbsp; If they try charging more than what I consider a reasonable fee per PDF (I can't really put a figure on it, but a lot less than a physical product), or make it so that they're annoying to use, then I simply won't buy them.&nbsp; My physical copy of KoTS is already being shipped to me, but I've already read it through a few times to prepare, if you know what I mean...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="anomalousman, post: 4242900, member: 39039"] The major downside I see to relying on DDI for rules crunch is that they are free to change their idea of what content is offered at any time. If they reckon people are using it as you hope to, I'd bet good money they'll simply remove/cripple that content, and focus on putting up different stuff. They've certainly got a consistent track record along those lines with things like PC-Gen. That's why I will only accept hardcover books or PDFs without DRM. Watermarking the PDFs is fine, because I can still use it on my various computers, but I refuse to spend hundreds of dollars on stuff that can be effectively taken away at any time. And that's why their pricing on PDFs will seriously affect how much money they get from me. I'd [I]rather[/I] buy everything they offer in the year, but I'm only going to get the original books as hardcopies. Our 3.5 playtable is now unworkable with all the books - my laptop is the only thing I use, and most of the other players are relying on it too, now. If they try charging more than what I consider a reasonable fee per PDF (I can't really put a figure on it, but a [i]lot[/i] less than a physical product), or make it so that they're annoying to use, then I simply won't buy them. My physical copy of KoTS is already being shipped to me, but I've already read it through a few times to prepare, if you know what I mean... [/QUOTE]

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