alt Hacker NewsI mean aren't thry literally just digitally scanning books that basically nobody else has?
I can morn paper but it's not like the contents are being lost.
Rumors of rare books being destroyed would be the bad part of this but if "rare" is the tourist guide to a local cave why should we care?
Feels alot like the water argument
> I can morn paper but it's not like the contents are being lost
Unless they're sharing the scans publicly or with the Internet Archive or equivalent, they are being lost.