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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8068587" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I definitely agree. App-delivery method that is used by Beyond's app is one of them - I find it vastly better than using PDFs (on any reader) on Android/Chromebook. But when they shut down, unless they do something very clever, which seems unlikely, as it would require spending money when they're shutting down, it's just a matter of time before that content is lost.</p><p></p><p>Based on the recent WotC survey, I'd say 6E or something like it cannot actually be that far away, either. It sounds particularly like they're interested in entirely occupying the same space that Beyond/Roll 20 are, and then expanding considerably beyond that space. So this may well be an issue sooner rather than later.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I don't doubt they'll provide them - when 5E is done, and via DM's Guild, forcing anyone who wants them to re-buy them.</p><p></p><p>That's the key issue for me - I don't expect WotC to just let the material be lost, like some companies might (even big ones), but rather to not let Beyond/Roll 20/etc. provide long-term/archival copies, even though the material has already been paid for.</p><p></p><p>I don't think anyone would be particularly talking about PDFs if there was a good prospect of archival-style copies via other digital methods. No-one loves that ancient format that much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8068587, member: 18"] I definitely agree. App-delivery method that is used by Beyond's app is one of them - I find it vastly better than using PDFs (on any reader) on Android/Chromebook. But when they shut down, unless they do something very clever, which seems unlikely, as it would require spending money when they're shutting down, it's just a matter of time before that content is lost. Based on the recent WotC survey, I'd say 6E or something like it cannot actually be that far away, either. It sounds particularly like they're interested in entirely occupying the same space that Beyond/Roll 20 are, and then expanding considerably beyond that space. So this may well be an issue sooner rather than later. Well, I don't doubt they'll provide them - when 5E is done, and via DM's Guild, forcing anyone who wants them to re-buy them. That's the key issue for me - I don't expect WotC to just let the material be lost, like some companies might (even big ones), but rather to not let Beyond/Roll 20/etc. provide long-term/archival copies, even though the material has already been paid for. I don't think anyone would be particularly talking about PDFs if there was a good prospect of archival-style copies via other digital methods. No-one loves that ancient format that much. [/QUOTE]
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