Whining here will accomplish nothing.
In the case of the eBook being more expensive, the best thing you can do is to buy the paperback. This will:
- Cost more to produce,
- while selling for less,
- allowing you to re-sell, trade, or give your hardcopy away if you decide you're done with it, or
- keep it for decades without worrying about technology advances making the book obsolete.
- If it costs more to produce and sells for less, it is going to hurt them in the wallet, and they'll eventually catch on.