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		pdimitar 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Has the cost of building software dropped 90%? Yeah true, the downfall of most SaaS services I used was that they were too careful trying to build too much moat and sabotage any competing efforts. If they were a little more chill then I'd think they could make much more money. I personally would pay a few services, even as an individual, right now, if I knew I could always get a good database / JSON dump of everything at a 5-minute notice, and build my own thing on top of it. They don't get this psychological aspect at all.

Spooky23 7 days ago [–]

Most of them are in the business of getting acquired, not the business of doing the business.

pdimitar 7 days ago | [–]

As a non-American this still surprises me to this day. Thanks for the reminder.

I really need to learn to look at an even bigger picture.

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