I like physical copies more, even if they eventually start to worn out.
Living in Mexico nets even less licensed manga, there's very few and it can get frustrating.
If I had more money, I would buy physical copies in english too.
I prefer digital over physical. My family and I have moved often and it's great to have one less thing to worry about packing (It's for this reason that I buy digital FLAC files and convert the physical CDs I have into FLAC files. I then upload them to Google Drive's cloud service. I do the same for the Fakku hentai I've bought). If more companies had DRM-free manga or other comics released, I'd hop right on board.