I think we all tend to overestimate the power of people "in the know" to predict what people would like. There was a time when all of the people with "insider k

I think we all tend to overestimate the power of people "in the know" to predict what people would like. There was a time when all of the people with "insider knowledge" said that internet search was a shitty business to be in because all you did was send people to other sites, and that even if it weren't, nobody would ever get people to leave Yahoo. Google now has a market cap of $156 billion. I am not saying that the guy who told you that your idea is bad is entirely wrong. But even if he's right, it may have the germ of something that will grow into something people do want, and you'll never know if you don't try. So consider his arguments and let that be one mere data point informing the direction your product takes.