I'm starting to get rather annoyed at this "the Internet is destroying music/books/film" meme. It's hard not to feel attacked as someone who prefers to purchase music & books in digital form.
Music/book stores were always a necessary evil for me. I did not like having to deal with being accosted by sales clerks and nosy patrons. More often than not, the music I wanted would not be in stock and I'd have to have the store order it. I remember explaining to one clerk when I went to pick up a CD I'd ordered that no, it wasn't a mistake; I really did order Back in Business by Eartha Kitt.
I do not like clutter in my home. I do not like having to find space for things like CDs or books. So I will continue to purchase books and music in digital format, and I resent the living hell out of people who stick their noses in the air and declare that *they* prefer to have something *physical* when *they* buy something (implying that I'm some kind of rube for not particularly caring about such things).
And then there are those (Stevie is, unfortunately, included here) who act like I'm helping to end their careers and put them in the poorhouse by my preference for digital. You're not going to make me any more apt to purchase physical media with that attitude. I'm more likely to stop buying your stuff at all and start actively hoping for your future career as a Wal-Mart door greeter.
I am SICK of IT!!
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