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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Not to say that you're wrong, but I notice that people don't protest this aspect when it comes to video games and software -- which are significantly more expensive than books (though the total collection cost may not be as high). Why is this obsolescence acceptable for games, yet invokes the Furies when it comes to books -- even when it hasn't happened yet?
(And yes, some of us like to play older video games, almost as much as we like to read books we bought 20 years ago.  ) |
What are you basing that on? Nobody being lynched yet? If you think it's accepted you mustn't have visited any gaming sites. DRM backlash is tame in ebooks compared to the gaming world.
Just one example:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...091400885.html