News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Apple Isn’t The Only Disruptor: How Amazon Is Killing Publishers. Parent comment

Re:Apple Isn’t The Only Disruptor: How Amazon Is Killing Pub... by BrainInAJar on Thursday January 19, 2012 @11:50AM (#3485281)
That's just sentimentality. You could say the same thing about cave paintings or stone tablets
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Apple Isn’t The Only Disruptor: How Amazon Is Killing Pub... by WayneDB on Thursday January 19, 2012 @12:14PM (#3485412)
No it's not. The person you're replying to didn't say why he mourned the death of physical publishing, he just said that he mourned it.

Paper books come along with a certain amount of convenience and freedom. Digital books, while convenient in some ways, are inconvenient in other ways (like DRM). So, I really don't think that his statement must be sentimental.

[ Parent | on HN ]