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$/month for both services - I'll probably have to spend more in a personal setup):
- Data freedom - i.e. no way of 1984 disappearing from my library)
- Privacy
- UI/UX-wise stable
- Functionally stable
- An open ecosystem, which means I can hack some tools for it.
The usual argument, is that, people are just more used to paper, but while that's definitively true, it doesn't do justice to how bad screens are in comparison - for a certain subset of use-cases. Paper is there. It's _very_ easy to interact with, with a _wide_ variety of tools for manipulation.
In relation to Netflix: I've subscribed to Netflix, a year or two ago. I've subscribed to HBO, a couple of months ago. Due to the increasing amount of streaming services, I'm now thinking of reverting back to P2P sharing (torrents) with a proper VPS setup (It's legal on my country of residence). There are several reasons for this - none of those is pricing - which to be fair, is very okay for now - I pay less that 10$/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.