Those technologies reached profitability relatively early, if not immediately.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox
Computers never got profitable. They just made the alternative infeasible.
Also, if you believe Amazon accounting, e-commerce only very recently got somewhat profitable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox
Computers never got profitable. They just made the alternative infeasible.
Also, if you believe Amazon accounting, e-commerce only very recently got somewhat profitable.