[reitoei]

> a business that relies on its users not having the time or know how to implement the service it provides on their own.

By that rationale, pretty much every business on the planet that provides a service is nothing more than a cynical cash grab. Maybe you need to grow up a bit.

[allthetime]

Of course this is how business operates... but consider the fact that you could pay someone to build you an intricate watch, and that you could also pay someone to brush your teeth for you because its a little easier than doing it yourself.

I respect Pusher and what they do to make money. There is a market, and Pusher is there to fulfill its needs. I cannot take issue with that. All I'm saying is that there are better options.

Anyways, I see a lot of tearing apart specific things I say, but not a lot of reasons why relying on Pusher is a better option than rolling your own... I welcome that sort of discussion.

For now, its time for bed.

[lmm]

I'll give the answer: because at that stage you're still trying to find product-market fit. If you can save $1k (say - and the dev time to develop a Pusher alternative probably costs more than that) in the validation stage by using an approach that will cost you 5x more in the long run - then that's a good business decision, because only 10% of the ideas that you try to validate are going to become real products.

[heyalexej]

This is a mistake that a lot of (diy-ish) people diving into entrepreneurship get wrong. Time is the most rigid resource we have and the number one asset. Just because you can build or maintain everything yourself (and developers, engineers etc. take a big pride in that - and I get it, it's an awesome feeling), doesn't always mean that you should.