Am I the only one that would like an updated printed manual?

[Jac459]

But I think I disagree with you on the book aspect. I loved books and spent my university time not going to university and learning better from books.

But I really feel it is a pattern which will die... we are the last generation using it.
Our kids won't.... it is obsolete.

People said the same thing about a decade ago when e-readers got big. Now those are on the decline again and books keep being popular. I think your anecdotal evidence may be giving you a wrong impression – books aren't going anywhere.

The pack-in manual is dead, absolutely. But again, I think that's for cost reasons, not because people don't find them useful. (And I also realise that it's probably always been a minority of people who didn't straight-up ignore any piece of paper packaged with anything. That doesn't mean that a QR code is an appropriate replacement for people who like to read manuals. It also doesn't help that most manuals are badly translated, incomprehensible pieces of garbage.)

We are talking about generations. The fact that it isn't fully fully dead after 10 years doesn't mean it isn't slowly and surely dying.

It is dying.

And you are right,, not including the manual is for cost reason. It is because it is of so little value for customers that it isn't even worth printing.
Another proof it is strongly dying.

[Dionysos]

Let's talk again in 50 years.

[pdxindy]

Printed manuals aren't dying for me. I take the PDF and hit print.

[Jac459]

Let's talk again in 50 years.

Ha ha, I wish my friend...