I don't know, it is hard for me to just say "go with it", maybe I'm getting old.
Businesses like this are a dream, but it's also a risk. To me seems like the next goldrush, and those mining and rushing to the gold are usually the ones to lose as well.
I feel anxious and not sure if I want to support such movement.
There's a second thought: I don't think paying 10/15 small SaaS each with their own instability, billing issues, risks. Imagine running just an ecommerce like this [0]. This is not the future I want to see for internet businesses. You shouldn't need a plethora of small suppliers to just run a blog with payments. Or most things.
Isn't it fragile to a platform to just take it all?
I maintain “mission critical” label printer software that powers thousands of customer businesses. But here’s the catch: it’s self hosted because it’s an electron app running on their desktop computer. If it “goes down” it’s not because of some internet connected component. I’ve been very careful to avoid being “on call” - but this also means I don’t have much to sell on a monthly or yearly basis. I could charge for support, and I do for some customers. I sell one-time licenses at a “fair” price but also sell a monthly expiring license because some users prefer that (even though I wouldn’t as a customer). You can read more at https://label.live/pricing
Hope so, I think their biggest risk is just being so niche that won't have enough clients to sustain the founders ambition and they will give up halfway.
It's hard to put your faith on a product you don't know will exist in 2 years.
Businesses like this are a dream, but it's also a risk. To me seems like the next goldrush, and those mining and rushing to the gold are usually the ones to lose as well.
I feel anxious and not sure if I want to support such movement.
There's a second thought: I don't think paying 10/15 small SaaS each with their own instability, billing issues, risks. Imagine running just an ecommerce like this [0]. This is not the future I want to see for internet businesses. You shouldn't need a plethora of small suppliers to just run a blog with payments. Or most things.
Isn't it fragile to a platform to just take it all?
I feel conflicted.
[0]: Interesting comment from an e-commerce entrepreneur - https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1543740260265361408