I won financially. Encyclopedia sets were expensive.
Your savings are real, but they don't show up in GDP or a profit-and-loss statement of any company.
Re:Fable and the End of the Free Lunch
by KSteffensen on Monday August 24, 2026 @06:09AM
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The cost of buying the encyclopedia becomes disposable income to be used on other consumer goods. In that sense in shows up in lots of other companies profit-and-loss statements.
Just like Wikipedia put classic encyclopedias out of business, but wasn't really a financially win for anyone.