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Comment by meltedcapacitor

Point of order on 2:

Companies do not account for this as "good will".

Accounting "goodwill" is the price an acquiring company pays above the accounting value of the business being bought, which is a notional number usually (much) lower than the economic value of a successful business.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_(accounting)

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