That some third parties were facing stress and uncertainty is immaterial to my purchasing decisions, but even if itnwere in the finalnamalysis 3PP got more than theybhad before via Creative Commons. I thinknthisnworled out pretty well for the little guy, with Hasbro loosening their incredibly loose controls on their IP even more.
I'm not sure how your purchasing decisions have anything to do with whether WotC caused harm or not, intentionally or otherwise.
I think you're overestimating how many made money. I realize the term "little guys" is all about perspective and you're right that it's pretty likely EN Publishing, Paizo, and Kobold Press all saw an increase in sales without (to my knowledge) having to hold fire sales to attract customers. There are plenty of smaller publishers that NEEDED to clear inventory for whatever they could because breaking even or even taking a small loss is better than a total loss. There's enough posts on these forums by smaller publishers to give an idea of how small profit margins are on a lot of 3pp.
Well, yes, precisely my point: our purchasing decisions are the topic of the thread, and I'm saying that the harm you are pointing out, such as it is, doesn't have anything to do with that for me.
Given these last 2 posts, I'm not entirely sure why either of you chose to respond to my initial post questioning if people saying no harm had been caused considered the fire sale losses to some 3pp since that would be an example of financial harm. Your posts responding to me have been pretty dismissive of that harm actually existing, citing the publishers that benefitted. Again, whether that harm is of concern to you was never called into question by me if you read what I've posted. My entire point has been that harm HAS existed as a result.
