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[QUOTE="amaneuvering"]and if it weren't for a few old fashioned people out there they would disappear, and there's no real debate among intelligent people at all.amaneuvering
Eh?Then intelligently refute the consumption and demand of natural resources to actually make this technological 'revolution' happen?
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Naive.
It is ironic to view it at as logical progression and speak of intelligent people not debating of it, and coat it with hypocritical spin, ignoring that which actual intelligent debate on the matter reolves around.
It doesn't require me to refute anything because it's all pretty self evident imo, except to those people who don't want to see what's happening (the old fashioned people I mention for example).
In the same way most people, relevant to this debate, currently have a TV in our living room, a computer in whatever room, a phone in our pockets...we are going to have a "tablet" of some kind too, and all the content that goes with it.
Digital is clearly going to eventually replace traditional books/DVDs/Blue-Rays etc also. Old paper books are the past and these "digital magazines" (that's how I referred to them in my title anyway) are the future.
Note: I'm not talking about crappy eBooks but more these new tablet devices that can do so much more than current eBooks.
So back to my original point which I really shouldn't have bothered trying to debate because in reality I don't have to debate this one at all...
Digital magazines are so the future.
Don't go too far overboard, buddy. It's only a small fraction of the entire world population that will own these kind of devices. Right now, cost is still a very evident barrier in complete replacement of physical media, as you need to first make a pretty huge initial purchase to be able to then spend more money for additional digital content. That's still not to say that digital media will be a financially successful endeavor for these companies, as there is a proven track record of people willing to adopt these technologies early and pay for content, given that it is worth paying for somehow. Though it will COMPLETELY replace physical media eventually in the future (given that our economies stay stable or the world doesn't end), we are still a very long ways from it. In a sense, you both are right. 
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