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This is why it sucks that physical print media is on the decline, because one could just scan their own PDFs or if possible epubs instead of dealing with this if physical print media was still commonplace.
Are you suggesting that most people would rather scan 400+ pages of a physical book than deal with ebook DRM? Because that sounds like the worst, most tedious option to me. I'm confident most would never consider scanning a viable option.
There's specialized hardware out there since the 80s(?) That does this sort of thing for you. All it takes is one person and now the book is "out". I worked with one for historical texts. Worked really well. It was so cool to see it in action.
A lot of younger people are into physical media. Its cool to see.
Yeah, not to mention the actual advantages that come with the format, such as search, highlighting, multiple bookmarks, notes, etc. Yes, you can do most of these with a physical copy, but not without marking up your original copy or having extra materials on hand. Just way more convenient overall.
That's even assuming the book you want is available and wasn't a super limited printing that you couldn't even begin to afford in the first place.
Have you ever scanned a book? It's an arduous process and I don't think most people would go through all the hassle. The files will also never look as clean as an ebook that was made from scratch. There are plenty of other readers and book stores that aren't at this level of greed, and most libraries have some way to borrow ebooks these days.