[gochi]

>'build your own platform' is a lie. You cant do that without relying on other services today.

You can do it today very effectively. Many platforms exist today that don't rely on any of the major conglomerates. It's really not difficult, you just don't get the niceties that the big players have the experience in providing.

[curtisblaine]

It's really hard to exist without a payment processor, and it's overwhelmingly hard to set up one.