On one hand the Internet allows a (perhaps too) easy way to obtain physical goods, as the article mentions, but on the other hand it allows a way to avoid many

On one hand the Internet allows a (perhaps too) easy way to obtain physical goods, as the article mentions, but on the other hand it allows a way to avoid many physical goods that we had to purchase before. We can read books and magazines digitally and watch movies and listen to music without having physical media.