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> So much stuff on the internet (like stack overflow or github) has gargantuan economic value I'm not so sure about that. Yes they are conduits to massive valu
by thinkloop 7y ago
> So much stuff on the internet (like stack overflow or github) has gargantuan economic value
I'm not so sure about that. Yes they are conduits to massive value, but that value is coming from us, not them. If they were to close down, equally good replacements would be (are) available immediately.
- username90 7y agoThe value is still there though, today I have easier and better access to information, books, education, music, movies, games etc than the richest man alive 30 years ago. Back then people paid a lot of money to get information via physical media like huge encyclopedia sets, what we have today is both much better and much cheaper for everyone. But of course all of those books and cassettes were good for GDP while today's free services are not.