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by quest88 2351 days ago
Was building an opensource version cheaper for you than just using firebase? I'm generally curious. I commonly see OS alternatives to paid services but I've never seen why it was made. Is it cheaper to run and maintain your own servers? Are longer outages and downtimes ok for your company? Security vulnerabilities? Maybe these are things you don't care about and that's fine.

It would be nice to see "Use this if.." section.