Sorry, should have made it clearer that the attempt at trolling was mine: I hoped a post going on about how the future of music & movies lies stored in computers would bring people out to post about how they prefer having the physical article.
Oh wait… 😉
Anyway, I love my CD collection, but never actually listen to a CD, or watch a DVD: it’s just so much more convenient (i.e. lazier) to click the desired entertainment on a computer.
it creates jobs and wealth
So does coal mining…
it’s not like you use it once and then chuck it in a landfill
True, but the argument is: should it have even been created in the first place when, these days, we don’t need a physical copy…?