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Interesting observation on "the contract" but I think it's narrow-minded in terms of why books haven't died. When I hold a paper book, feel the pages, see the

Interesting observation on "the contract" but I think it's narrow-minded in terms of why books haven't died. When I hold a paper book, feel the pages, see the ink, it's just a superior experience. They spent money on the ink. Craft went into the model of a book that's been around for a long time. It imparts a sense of importance. It's easier on the eyes. Writing in the margins is a more educational experience than clicking, highlighting, or saving. It's powerfully personal. Once it's written in ink, Bezos can't change it in real-time before your eyes. It's a much richer experience. As a side note, am I the only one who doesn't watch Netflix? Sometimes I find a show I want to watch that's on Netflix, but then I go stream it elsewhere. Netflix is slow lol.

ORioN63 7y ago
I agree that paper-medium has a huge advantage. If I had to find a word to describe it, it would be without a doubt Tangibility. The usual argument, is that, people are just more used to paper, but while that's definitively true, it doesn't do justice to how bad screens are in comparison - for a certain subset of use-cases. Paper is there. It's _very_ easy to interact with, with a _wide_ variety of tools for manipulation. In relation to Netflix: I've subscribed to Netflix, a year or two ago. I've subscribed to HBO, a couple of months ago. Due to the increasing amount of streaming services, I'm now thinking of reverting back to P2P sharing (torrents) with a proper VPS setup (It's legal on my country of residence). There are several reasons for this - none of those is pricing - which to be fair, is very okay for now - I pay less that 10$/month for both services - I'll probably have to spend more in a personal setup): - Data freedom - i.e. no way of 1984 disappearing from my library) - Privacy - UI/UX-wise stable - Functionally stable - An open ecosystem, which means I can hack some tools for it. I don't find it slow, though.

ORioN63 7y ago

I agree that paper-medium has a huge advantage. If I had to find a word to describe it, it would be without a doubt Tangibility. The usual argument, is that, people are just more used to paper, but while that's definitively true, it doesn't do justice to how bad screens are in comparison - for a certain subset of use-cases. Paper is there. It's _very_ easy to interact with, with a _wide_ variety of tools for manipulation. In relation to Netflix: I've subscribed to Netflix, a year or two ago. I've subscribed to HBO, a couple of months ago. Due to the increasing amount of streaming services, I'm now thinking of reverting back to P2P sharing (torrents) with a proper VPS setup (It's legal on my country of residence). There are several reasons for this - none of those is pricing - which to be fair, is very okay for now - I pay less that 10$/month for both services - I'll probably have to spend more in a personal setup): - Data freedom - i.e. no way of 1984 disappearing from my library) - Privacy - UI/UX-wise stable - Functionally stable - An open ecosystem, which means I can hack some tools for it. I don't find it slow, though.