In this advanced society, many old things are replaced by more high-tech stuffs. Some people say that there will be no people who buy printed newspapers or books. Instead, they think that people will read them online without paying.
When it comes to the newspaper, I agree with the view above because everyone can read daily news on the Internet on free. They do not need to spend their money to read the news. Furthermore, old people also are getting used to a new technology such as smartphone. For example, twenty years later, sixty's who are accustomed to smartphone become around eighty, which means every generation can read online news without any inconvenience.
However, the case of books is different from that of the newspaper. Whereas public news companies provide daily news for free or with a little fee, we should buy e-books with quite high price. Because of this reason, there is no reason to read online books. For example, in my experience, I use both e-books and printed books because both have their own pros and price are similar. an E-book is handy, and a printed book has a good texture of paper. As well as the writers have the copyrights, I do not think that people can read books without paying.
In conclusion, I agree with that nobody will buy printed newspaper since they can read them online without paying. However, I do not agree with the case of books because it is hard not to pay to read books what I want to read.
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