In line with this, the owner of a book store in the Boston area told me that older folks lean towards digital books and younger folks prefer physical books. Thi

In line with this, the owner of a book store in the Boston area told me that older folks lean towards digital books and younger folks prefer physical books. This seemed a bit counter-intuitive, given that one might have expected older people to prefer the paper books that they are used to -- as an example, an older relative of mine, an avid reader, has a Kindle but rarely uses it. I don't recall how he explained this, but it might've been that older folks don't want to accumulate more stuff while younger people have room to grow a collection as well as the point you make about wanting to acquire non-digital goods (and, relatedly, perhaps to have experiences that take them away from their screens).