Nothing to see here citizen, please keep walking.

It’s not funny which does support the theory.

Here! This is your shit. You can have it back!

That’s technically not programmer humor

When they destroy the physical copy they remove them from the antique stores market which often rely on circulation.

Edit: Also physical copies don’t require electricity, a device and internet access plus they are something you can own.

The worst part is that they are destroying the books afterwards.

Let them invent subscriptions for everything so people start realizing that this is just a new way of extracting money. Capitalism is a damn pyramid scheme.