Thread: an article on ebooks in the Guardian today 22 February 2018
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Old 02-26-2018, 01:50 PM   #88
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I am a member of this club too.
And me as well, but I only started buying e-books AFTER I ascertained for sure that EPUB2 / ADE DRM was broken. Then I went on a buying spree lasting 4 years. Now I have everything I want (= everything I want & know of), and that's more than I can read in my entire life. I'll only be adding books on recommendation or interest. Sometimes I don't buy any books for months.

@DiapDealer & others: I don't pay again and again for my media if I can help it. If I buy something (book, movie, game, software, or even electronics) I buy it with the full intention of using it for the rest of my life.

I probably won't, but I am known to be playing some 20 year old games right now, so 'the rest of my life' can be seen as 'as long as possible.'

At some point, I'll shelve them and won't care if they'll still run in 2038 or 2048 because they'll keep deteriorating graphically, on newer and newer screens, but as digital books and lossless music age much better/easier, I fully intend to be using my current e-book and music library in one form or another in the next 40-50 years. (Assuming I live that long.)
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