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Yeah, But Does The App Leave Stale Bubble Gum Residue On Your Phone?
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This article is about the attempt by Topps to save baseball card collecting with e-cards you "collect" in a smartphone app. What the point of cards that aren't cards (or real) would be, I'm not sure, but the main thing is that the card collecting hobby is pretty dead. A commenter on this article says that it was killed off when the adults got involved, and I think that's probably right. I collected 'em when I was a kid -- still have most of them -- and when the cards became "investments" and card companies overproduced and added "premium" things like gold leaf and jersey swatches, kids moved on and the market collapsed. (Slate)
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