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Old 06-12-2013, 07:42 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by Sregener View Post
I don't think you understand the concept of a Faustian bargain. When consumers choose to "purchase" an eBook rather than a physical one, they are making a Faustian bargain. While technology dazzles us with its promises on the one hand, something else gets taken away that we only come to realize later.
Except that I'm fully aware of what I'm giving up ... now. It just so happens I don't value what I'm "losing" very much... if, in fact, I even consider them "losses" at all. I'm not being tricked.

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