The difference seems to be how much more main stream the investments are

Might default to debit which is usually cheaper for merchants, if your card supports it

Sure, but what about the people who are staying to see a little success and can't afford to stop it? It's like spam vs snail mail, lots of things happen via email that would never be scalable at the cost/effort of traditional

Not to mention why should these rights holders have to police this? Ideally we want talented people making content not chasing infinite frauds. Sadly I feel like it will force more and more content behind paywalls since people and corporations don't seem to care

The same way touching hot oven air bare-handed won't burn you, but grabbing something out of the same hot oven definitely will. My limited knowledge assumes it's largely about the conductivity that moisture adds.

*Lock In

For example @scalzi.com 's Lockdown feels like it hits differently knowing it was written before COVID (I didn't read it until this year). Ofc some things are timeless, but these days I definitely sense more context in the difference between someone written in 2013 vs 2023