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Re:Fable and the End of the Free Lunch by eru on Monday August 24, 2026 @04:10AM (#49416622)
Or perhaps customers / users?

Just like Wikipedia put classic encyclopedias out of business, but wasn't really a financially win for anyone.

Re:Fable and the End of the Free Lunch by stbede on Monday August 24, 2026 @05:19AM (#49417225)
I won financially. Encyclopedia sets were expensive.
Re:Fable and the End of the Free Lunch by eru on Monday August 24, 2026 @05:27AM (#49417277)
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 (#49417612)
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.
Re:Fable and the End of the Free Lunch by eru on Monday August 24, 2026 @07:04AM (#49418034)
Maybe, but that's very diffuse and hard to attribute to Wikipedia.

And it would show up in real GDP, not necessarily in nominal GDP.