> If I have leisure time and spend it reading an e-newspaper or an e-book, then that is low-class, but it's high-class to read the printed version? Well, I suppose. Some books are only available in digital format. I suppose you could order them on CD. But you would need the Internet for that.
This is my point yes. "Rich" people don't have 9-5s. If you can afford to be unavailable, for many hours of the day, because they're offline, that's a different level of wealth. If you can afford a lifestyle that allows you to get in your car and drive to the nearest library, during open hours, (if you still have any) doesn't require a smartphone with nfc to get in, lets you browse for cross-stitching an sewing books, check out, read, then execute. That's your entire evening. Cost wear on the car, risk, insurance, traffic, annoyances, gasoline, and time with your family.
If a IT issue happened at the office, the on call guy gets a call, he wakes up, gets ready and drives into the office, anywhere from 10-60 minutes away lets say. That entire time systems are down. Now, if you're not at your workstation in 5 minutes from the time of the call it's a problem. You have a work laptop in your house, you're logging on from _your_ office.
Also I recently went DVD shopping again at the local thrift stores and they all want between $3-4 for a single CD, DVD or BlueRay. That's insane! I've only gotten lucky at estate sales with lot boxes or auctions. It's far more expensive to use CDs/DVDs than it is to use online services.
