In the olden days, people within an outlying town could subscribe to a percentage of time with a newspaper — meaning that Mr. Smith received the one physical copy first, then he was required to pass it along to Mr. Jones, who then sent it on to Miss Abbott. It’s likely that when the idea came up for each individual to receive his or her own copy, to keep, numerous arguments were made against that approach, too.

Let’s hope that it’s the authors who create the product and the readers who consume it that come out ahead in the end of this debate!