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Originally Posted by issybird
Wow, strange bedfellows, to be sure. Another Festivus miracle.
Real as in not virtual is an accepted definition and the meaning was clear in its context. Frankly, I tend to think it’s helpful myself, as there’s that tendency to conflate real and virtual and think that what applies to one necessarily or ought to apply to the other. Using “real” is a reality check, so to speak.
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Be that as it may within the confines of this discussion “physical” versus “digital” is by far the better word choice. Since “real” has other implications.
As I said if we’re going to snipe over word choices then best to use the best choice rather than one which is merely acceptable. You felt the need to call out “cheats” for instance, while it’s usage in context is acceptable, it doesn’t even require that Amazon has done anything other than stack the odds in their favor and presented a possible but improbable scenario to success for an author who signs on with them.
I don’t happen to agree that Amazon is the terrible evil company some make it out to be. But I couldn’t help but point out the irony of someone remarking several times on word choice and phrasing who also used questionable choices themselves.