For Photoshop, the box is just a way of getting the product to you.
For a book, the physical object may be as much a part of the product as the information contained within.
It's not an apples-to-apples comparison.
For a book, the physical object may be as much a part of the product as the information contained within.
It's not an apples-to-apples comparison.
I think you're missing the principle matter: people are complaining that ebooks shouldn't cost as much as physical books because they cost less to produce. Nobody is saying they prefer physical books because they are physical objects, and nobody seems to be treating them like anything other than the same thing delivered in different ways at different costs. Find me evidence please that this whole thing isn't driven by the perception of fairness in what the product costs to produce.
Edit: Vote me down all you want, but lack of evidence is still lack of evidence. I guess when emotions run high people lose the need to make rational points and just downvote. Give me some justification. Argue with me.
You use one reviewer's statement that that person prefers an ebook. There's no further explanation as to why (s)he prefers that format, and no data behind it - just a single comment.
I expect that the primary issue is, in fact, what you say - fairness over cost of production. That does not logically lead to your assertion that the two are "same thing delivered in different ways."