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I always had a paperback in my hand and carried it with me until the next one. Then it became too much of a struggle with my crappy eyesight and the tiny print that I quit reading for awhile.
Until ereaders. I was in heaven again, able to read anything and never be stuck having ended one book without another to open on my way to work.
There's no reason I'd ever go back to paper books or any other device. The older the book, the worse the smell from the paper. Tactile feel of turning pages? I get the same experience but just by flipping my thumb a tiny bit.
I've never read on my computers or smaller netbooks or tablets or my phone. They're all unreadable in any amount of sunlight. Plus I'd have to be sitting in my computer chair, or too rigid a position trying to hold a heavy uncomfortable-to-hold-at-just-the-right-angle device even if I were reading at home. While my PC chair is comfortable, not enough that'd I'd want to spend hours in it reading. A phone screen is just too small for me to ever consider reading on, plus the battery wouldn't make it very long in the day. None of the above is very comfortable for me and would severely take away from my enjoyment of reading.
My ereader lets me read anywhere, anytime, any amount of sunlight, and in any comfortable position even better than just holding a small paperback. Especially in my chaise lounge in the back yard watching hummingbirds or on park benches looking out over a lake. So yes, I'm definitely spoiled and wouldn't do without an ereader.
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