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Originally Posted by Sarmat89
You buy physical books which perish - why should the digital book be any different? It is unreasonable to expect owning something forever because "OMG digital!" vibe.
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Some of us actually look after our physical books and store them. My oldest print edition is a copy of Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution dated 1837; it belonged to my great-grandfather, and I can still read it (if I want to be bored out of my skull by the writing style).
I see no difference with a digital edition; as long as there is hardware that can read it, I should be able to read it whether the edition is in copyright or not -
if I have made a retail purchase. Borrowed books (Kindle Unlimited, library books etc) are not purchased content and I fully expect to lose access when I return the loan.
You seem to be conflating digital loan programs where you pay a monthly fee to access as much content as you want with digital purchases where you are paying for access to that specific content. It's like a streaming service - you can access the content if it's still available. If it isn't, tough. That's why I prefer to purchase physical media where I can - CDs, DVDs and the like.