You are presuming they are doing that to stave off economic decline, which is incorrect. They’re doing it for global prestige.
Just untrue. Saudi has massive deposits of rare earth metals, copper, gold. They’ll be fine.
The aggregator is being kept. It’s just the bookmarking/reading service that’s shutting down.
Fabbing is limited to keep prices high. Just like OPEC turning down oil extraction when the price gets too low.
You are presuming they are doing that to stave off economic decline, which is incorrect. They’re doing it for global prestige.