D&D's "Digital First" Strategy

I heard today that Wizards is embracing a "digital first" strategy for D&D.

I am not interested. This is something that drives me away from the game, since it forces customers to D&D Beyond for exclusive releases, digital-only DLC, and other money-making schemes that remove the game from the tabletop and turn it into an "online only" game.

D&D 5E already has a massive "digital problem": you need to buy the physical books, then a digital version elsewhere just to play the game, and you are locked into a VTT platform. I have even seen this with games like Tales of the Valiant, where I am locked into the Shard VTT for that game.

Forget playing on a tabletop with your friends, maps, and miniatures.

I can still play Nimble and Shadowdark around a table with friends, and these are the 5E versions I support. Other than that, it is either an OSR game or Castles & Crusades that fits the fantasy tabletop gameplay style the best.

Digital first means players last, and heralds the death of the game.

You will never compete with mobile gaming in the digital market.