What are these music shops and book stores and game stores you are talking about? I think Barnes and Noble and Gamestop are basically the only stores out there now for their product. I haven't seen a music store for a decade, maybe two, since digital music became the standard -- which is exactly what comic book stores fear, and why they want to have a level playing field with digital. The LCBS also produce approximately 90% of comic book sales, so why wouldn't the industry want to try and 'protect' them?
And new movies, new games and new books ARE being delayed and are not coming out digitally -- just like comics.
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/...virus_epidemic
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2020/...definite_delay
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/b...cks-virus.html
'Near future' is practically the opposite of 'forever.' The publisher have every INTENTION of publishing ASAP, I'm sure. I'm also sure they are scrambling for ways to make this happen, ASAP. I fail to see how releasing digitally is going to save these creators job, when the income from digital is approximately 10% of the revenue. Do you really think that's going to sustain the creators AND the publishers?
And freelancers ARE eligible for unemployment benefits during this crisis.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/allbusi.../#73ebb72f7b97
And yes, there are creators and publishing staff in danger of losing their jobs, but there are even more retail comic book workers, Diamond workers, printers, and freight drivers who ARE losing their job right now, or worse, are facing exposure to Covid-19. How is selling digital going to help them?
I have no idea what you are talking about here. My post wasn't about something being forced on ME or ME being barred from leisure digital access. I was answering the question, Why is everyone against the digital format?
As for the Comichub proposal ... that wasn't exactly what was proposed. I thought it had some interesting possibilities as a solution to the present situation, but I didn't know all the details or the ramifications. There were at least two major problems apparent: stores paying for a giant backlog of physical books before opening and readers being unable to collect their physical copy if their store went out of business.
Nothing in this post shows you care about the bigger picture, because the bigger picture IS about saving those shops, which make up 90% of the comic money. Stopping digital, while print can't be done, DOES improve the chances of LCBS surviving, as retailers have repeatedly said. How is stopping digital is harming them?
So, according to you, LCBS' fear of digital supplanting them is groundless .... because the 90% of readers that buy print, will migrate to digital, if print isn't available ...as it is not right now. That sounds like EXACTLY what LCBS fear and are protesting against.
Alot of collectors do not like subscriptions, because their books don't always arrive in good shape. Trades aren't exactly a collector's thing either ... except for some high end books.
ZOOM is forced on anyone reading ON A PHONE, which is exactly what I specified and what was being responded to. Though, personally, it is hard for me to read a full page on either a computer or my little tablet. Again, your argument about something being FORCED on anyone is irrelevant, as that wasn't the point of my post.