Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for February 18, 2016
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Transcript:
Arlo: You read E-Books! We look things up online! Like it or not, print books are being made redundant! Arlo: Much of our affection for books actually is based on a romantic notion! Arlo: One that isn't easily dispelled!
I want to know what happens to all of my “digital content” when Amazon or Apple go out of business. (Never say a company can’t go out of business. History has proven time and again that any company can.) The one thing about books is that they are physical and they are YOURS. They won’t disappear if the company that sold them to you does. We are all relying on good faith that these companies will always be there and that they won’t “alter the deal” and start charging us an annual “holding fee.”