I don’t like subscribing to nonphysical things. I can read a physical paper a month after it arrived. Digital is faster, but I tend to lose it before I have read it.

I need a recipient in my pocket. Too often my virtual thing is lost, my device fails, or things reboot and I don’t have my secure 24 digit password with me.

I won’t subscribe to a digital only anything. Physical and digital is nice.

Edit: They don’t even have to be identical. A digital daily with a monthly print would be nice.

    • lemann@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I don’t think this is what OP meant, but one thing I absolutely love about having a 3d printer is having physical things ‘delivered’ now-ish lol

      • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Every time I read it, I think of a very polite reply I saw a month or two back that said (paraphrasing):

        Hey, I just want to say nothing against you, but your username disgusted me so much I’m going to add you to my block list so I don’t ever have to see it again.

  • RBWells@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    There are a very few magazines I like to get in print, and even that minimal number gets out of control so fast. I use the library for digital books but pay for music streaming and get a thousand times more utility out of that money than I would using it to buy a CD. Also pay for music performance live, and a few bucks to the community radio station.

    And personally I do have more trouble managing physical items, and easily feel overwhelmed by stuff.

    Library is the way to go, and community radio.

  • GregorTacTac@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    Some online things are worth the money, such as chat services like Threema, cloud storage like Filen…

  • JCreazy@midwest.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’ve converted my entire life to digital and most of it I store locally. Its so much nicer not having so much crap.