[jedimastert]

I feel like that's too self-aware to not be tongue-in-cheek. I think that question is hinting at the fact that real value of the product comes in the effort and work into designing the thing, not necessarily the novelty of it.

Basically: sure, you could totally make something like this. But how much is your time worth?

[badgers]

I agree; it reminds me of the Dropbox comment from 2007 [1]:

> I have a few qualms with this app: > 1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software.

1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

[rbanffy]

I got myself a C64 mini precisely because it's a finished product and because I wanted to support them.