Being in the tech industry, I find that as we slowly move towards
the "Digital World", more and more friends and family members ask “Which is better: digital or physical content?”, “Which do you use?”, and “Should I make the switch?”. These kinds
of questions more commonly come from older friends, family members, and
co-workers. But I've noticed that once you hit a specific age range, say 50
years or older, fewer ask, and more say "Physical is always better".
Whereas with younger generations, I have noticed that more people lean towards
digital content.
Personally, I've found that the real question is, which one is
really better for the average consumer? This has of course lead to several
other sub questions:
- What are the
pros and cons of each?
- Why is one
really better than the other, or are they on equal-footing?
- Why do people
insist one is inherently better than the other?
- What are the
real benefits of each?
- Why would
companies want to make the switch from physical to digital?
After thinking about it for a while, and researching both, I've
come to realize that the situation is different for media category. Rather than
writing a single long post trying to effectively compare digital and physical
media offerings, I've decided to create a series of posts. Over the next few
weeks I will post about the following topics:
- Digital vs. Physical: Gaming
- Digital vs. Physical: TV & Movies
- Digital vs. Physical: Music
- Digital vs. Physical: Books
- Digital vs.
Physical: News & Magazines
- How does the
world benefit from Digital Content?
- How do companies
benefit from making the switch?
- What about
software?
- Which do I
prefer?
- Wrap-Up
Through this series I hope to cover everything mentioned above in
a high level of detail. Hopefully this will be of some use to others later on,
as I personally have rather enjoyed researching the nitty-gritty details.
Enjoy!
P.S. If you have any tips or requests for what you’d like
to see in these posts, please let me know in the comments! J
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