Pick up terminology about the program and content

Question

Iron

“The program is just a shell for the content. In a sense, it does not exist and has no material value. Content, on the contrary, is rather material . The program can only provide more convenient work with content, creation, editing, storage, search and analysis.

What words can replace "material"? How can these thoughts be more successfully and competently formulated? Perhaps there are academic formulations?

Thank you!

Answer 1

it will not work well and competently to write that the program does not exist and has no value.

Answer 2

As an option…
“The program is just a shell for the content. In a sense, it does not exist and has no essential value. Content, on the other hand, is powerful. The program can only provide more convenient work with content, creation, editing, storage, search and analysis.
Or:
“The program is just a shell for content that can provide more convenient work: creation, editing, storage, search and analysis. In a way, unlike content, it doesn't exist and doesn't have much value."

Answer 3

In a sense , it is ...
material - maybe leave it in the first case, and in the second - “Content exists”

Answer 4

What do you need it for? It is from this that what and how you will have to write should depend.
If for advertising purposes - then the wording will be one, If for writing a license agreement with the user - the wording will be completely different, If for an agreement with distributors of your program and content - then the third.
Because half of the "correct and competent" advertising slogans are nonsense and illiteracy from a legal point of view. And from expressions like “the rights to use the software product, valid from the moment the contract-offer is signed” will cause users to react “what was he talking about?!?!”.