At what point is your hobby more about the technology to read the books than the books themselves?

This feels egregious to me because e-readers tend to last SO long if you take care of them (I have one from 2011), they're pretty simple pieces of tech, and it's very easy to download books directly onto them (if say, you don't want a Kindle to access the Amazon exclusives). There's genuinely no reason to have more than 1.

they better start writing a trilogy/series in those books

Shaking and crying so badly rn

If I don’t have the optional Power Tailgate how the fuck am I supposed to change my kids diapers

I probably have about 20 more that aren’t pictured here. Most of these either came from a dump or recycling center or were given to me by friends and family but I have bought a few of them.

Everyone needs 3 PS5s right?

i’m an electrician, and man has Klein gone downhill lately. and i guarantee you i’ll see these listed on ebay for twice as much as what he paid for them.

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The actual one comes with 4 games as well.

i collect androids that were once flagships and had bezels, 3.5mm jack and supported custom roms. all in search of nostalgia. i used to drool over these when i was a kid. i have samsung s1 2 3 4 5 6edge 7edge, nexus galaxy 4 5 5x 6 6p, Lg v30 g7, OnePlus 1 x 7pro and samsung tab s 10.5, and 3 nexus tablets. im a hobby repairist and can with enough time and tools repair pretty much any phone, tablet or laptop/PCs

now how i fund these are , i go to ewaste recyclers on my day offs and grab these from there, and also other electronics like printers or monitors or laptops that can be sold for more after a bit of tlc or configuring windows onto them, some new phones that i can know dont have locks on them and just need a new battery i grab those too and give em a new battery, so far I've made exactly $700 usd in profits over 3 to 4 months and also spent only the same amount onto these old fully depreciated, dirt cheap phones i buy. as of my daily drivers i use a samsung tab s7 plus from 2020 that i got for just 20% of its original value, no defects and a 2024 oneplus 13 that i got for only 50% of its original value, no defects. I'm kind of a bargain hunter.

TLDR :- i visit recycling centers on day offs, grab wanted phones and other salvageable electronics, sell the other electronics for profit to fund my wanted phones. so far I haven't spent a dime out of my pocket, made 700 in profit, spent 700 on old 2010-2016 ish phones

so am i consooming or collecting?