It definitely hasn't saved me money. But it has helped me build things I couldn't build before, which should someday replace a few paid subscriptions... Hopefully for other users too, not just me.
My thought is that most regular folks are constantly evaluating the benefits of new technology by cost and efficiency (time). If it saves me time or money or both then it gets easily integrated or adopted. Exploring and enabling brand new activities or skills seems to be a by product and not a primary driver for most. I figure the more people I hear talking about cost savings the further along the adoption curve in normie land. Just a theory 🤷♂️🙂