That's the point: they would have. Now they spend money on tokens instead (and a equity to me who set up their environment)

They weren't going to, if not they would've done it already in the past.

You're not going to spend $30,000 and weeks of your time just to see if an idea you had under the shower can make a few bucks as a side project, but now that it's a 5-minute thing that costs you $5, why not.

If it works, it works. But you, sir, are a software engineer building and selling software and software maintenance to people with money / equity to give. You are your own counter example at the moment.