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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 9311947" data-attributes="member: 6804070">You can't read a PDF outside of a PDF reader. Yes, there are lots of apps that have PDF reading capability.No, it's why I mentioned SmiteWorks license with WotC. And it's a clause that is in all of their licensing agreements so Paizo, Kobold, etc.Perhaps I'm on the more positive side of this, but perhaps you are just as equally opposite in your view?You have the content including the app on your computer. You can still run FG Classic if you had a license for it years ago when it went away.If FG ever goes away, you have two simple options; trust that SmiteWorks will release the decryption key like they have stated they will do if they ever go under and don't sell. Or two, decrypt the files yourself.Sure, one can argue that digital content like this is not permanent, but neither are PDFs. Neither are paper because what happens if your house burns down or floods or gets hits by a tornado? Digital is so easy and inexpensive to make resilient to disaster, printed books are not. So sure, you can argue the weaknesses of the digital formats I see so positively, but to do so and ignore the significant shortcomings of the paper versions you support is naive?I'm willing to consider the pros and cons of each format. But just as it's fair for me to consider the shortcomings of various digital formats, you should also acknowledge the short comings of physical/printed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 9311947, member: 6804070"] You can't read a PDF outside of a PDF reader. Yes, there are lots of apps that have PDF reading capability. No, it's why I mentioned SmiteWorks license with WotC. And it's a clause that is in all of their licensing agreements so Paizo, Kobold, etc. Perhaps I'm on the more positive side of this, but perhaps you are just as equally opposite in your view? You have the content including the app on your computer. You can still run FG Classic if you had a license for it years ago when it went away. If FG ever goes away, you have two simple options; trust that SmiteWorks will release the decryption key like they have stated they will do if they ever go under and don't sell. Or two, decrypt the files yourself. Sure, one can argue that digital content like this is not permanent, but neither are PDFs. Neither are paper because what happens if your house burns down or floods or gets hits by a tornado? Digital is so easy and inexpensive to make resilient to disaster, printed books are not. So sure, you can argue the weaknesses of the digital formats I see so positively, but to do so and ignore the significant shortcomings of the paper versions you support is naive? I'm willing to consider the pros and cons of each format. But just as it's fair for me to consider the shortcomings of various digital formats, you should also acknowledge the short comings of physical/printed. [/QUOTE]

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