[jollybean]

So this answer can only come from a place where you have no idea how business works.

There's a gaping difference between 'value creation' and 'value capture'.

Some products create incredible value for many parties, but don't have an easy way to capture value.

Some products create negative value for the system, but are oriented towards capturing a lot of money.

Wikipedia, Web Browsers a lot of Open Source libs. - examples of the kinds of things that can be invaluable, but whereupon it's difficult to capture value.