> the marginal cost for me to have a user in your system is essentially 0
This argument essentially reduces to the notion that most Web apps should be free. The marginal cost of a Salesforce/Canva/Outlook/Office/Github/Discord/any scaled SaaS user is a tiny epsilon. If that were not true, there would not be a viable software business there; that epsilon keeps everyone paid who keeps everything running.
> You really gonna charge me 10 cents a month for a row in your database?
Apologies for the analogy, but the 10 cents is not for the storage, but for knowing which row is yours.
It's fine to want to DIY, no shade to that at all. But not every application is a fit for DIY solutions for whatever reason.
This argument essentially reduces to the notion that most Web apps should be free. The marginal cost of a Salesforce/Canva/Outlook/Office/Github/Discord/any scaled SaaS user is a tiny epsilon. If that were not true, there would not be a viable software business there; that epsilon keeps everyone paid who keeps everything running.
> You really gonna charge me 10 cents a month for a row in your database?
Apologies for the analogy, but the 10 cents is not for the storage, but for knowing which row is yours.
It's fine to want to DIY, no shade to that at all. But not every application is a fit for DIY solutions for whatever reason.