Could also be that SpaceX cracked it then other companies began poaching the engineers and the other companies started getting tips on how to address the hardest problems.

That is the root of the problem with these batteries-included frameworks: lock-in.

Once you encounter a problem they either don't want to solve or haven't solved, your only choices are either:

- start layering on hacks (in which case you quickly get into case where no one and nothing else could help you)

- decide not to do that-thing

- do a rebuild to get rid of the batteries-included.

Personally I think something Supabase is great for toy projects that have a defined scope & no future or a very early startup that has the intention to rebuild entirely. Just my opinion though, maybe others feel more comfortable with that level of lock-in.

Even something like Heroku is miles better because they keep everything separated where your auth, database, & infrastructure aren't tightly coupled with a library.

I stopped using Seamless when the corner sandwich shop went from $15 on an $8 sandwich to $25.

It made my blood boil when the receipt had 3 different fees before we even got to the tip.

Yeah, am getting a little worried about that.

I am kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop because the company has been nothing but amazing when it comes to their support. It has sprung a leak three times, about once every 18 months, and they've always replaced it with no additional payment.

I have a feeling next time it's going to involve a lot of cash being exchanged and I'll be faced with a choice.

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The subscription thing is very much a bummer. I hadn't figured out why they weren't shaking me down for it until I also put together the grandfathered in thing. It is extremely distasteful to have a required (?) subscription on a product that is this expensive.

I don't entirely get how spending $2k - $5k on a bed system (not a mattress!) isn't enough. Just pure fuckin' greed if I am being honest.

I get they need to make money and their product isn't a monthly or yearly re-purchase but it's just short-sighted.

Like let's be real honest here: their product almost certainly doesn't cost anywhere near $5k in materials. The margins on their product are likely already completely stupid. My guess-timate would be maybe $500 in parts. It's literally just a pump that heats or cools water that is app-controlled... not exactly anything crazy. If you look at something like Withings sleep tracker, it's $130 so even the fancy pants sleep tracking stuff isn't some crazy tech even if we take Withings' margins as the actual price.