You are only thinking of just an application. No offense, but this is a classic case of app devs not realizing that databases exist for more than just storing d

You are only thinking of just an application. No offense, but this is a classic case of app devs not realizing that databases exist for more than just storing data. Ever thought that databases are so used to generate reports, dashboards? What about a data warehouse? OLAP? Cubes? Aggregates? What about feeding other systems (e.g. A third party downstream system)?