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fjtorres · 10-05-2015, 08:46 AM

Lock-in, like DRM, is a bugaboo only for hobbyists, techies, and pundits.
The rest of the world just shrugs it off. They never expected 8-Tracks to play cassettes or CD players to play DVDs or PlayStations to play Mario Bros. Everything has limits. Don't like the limits, don't buy.

Most people understand that all products come with limitations and trade offs and that digital products come with a *different* set of tradeoffs. Pbooks you can sell or trade after reading. (Yay!) Damage it or lose it? You'll have to buy it again. New edition fixing typos or printing errors? Tough luck. (With ebooks, you get to redownload more or less forever.)

Doesn't make either good or bad.
Just different.
Different rules for different products because what restricts some uses enables others. It's a package deal: you either take the package or walk away.

10-05-2015, 08:46 AM	#69
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Lock-in, like DRM, is a bugaboo only for hobbyists, techies, and pundits. The rest of the world just shrugs it off. They never expected 8-Tracks to play cassettes or CD players to play DVDs or PlayStations to play Mario Bros. Everything has limits. Don't like the limits, don't buy. Most people understand that all products come with limitations and trade offs and that digital products come with a different set of tradeoffs. Pbooks you can sell or trade after reading. (Yay!) Damage it or lose it? You'll have to buy it again. New edition fixing typos or printing errors? Tough luck. (With ebooks, you get to redownload more or less forever.) Doesn't make either good or bad. Just different. Different rules for different products because what restricts some uses enables others. It's a package deal: you either take the package or walk away. Last edited by fjtorres; 10-05-2015 at 08:50 AM.