There is value in being able to check out the thing you want, in person, before you buy it for a lot of things.
Re:Etsy Strike
by bjelkeman-again on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:47PM
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But Thomann doesn’t stock what I want, and the stores that carried it died, so now I am no better off.
I think that's a good thing. The business of "holding things in a building" that are occasionally purchased and don't benefit from last-mile caching should go the way of the dinosaur. It will be good to get the space back. The thing that's really needed is a community space but the economics of it are hard unless you're selling stuff. My city tries to promote this stuff with arts council grants.