Like the author, I built my first business on someone else's platform. It was a great niche, but eventually you hit a ceiling and run into impediments stemming

Like the author, I built my first business on someone else's platform. It was a great niche, but eventually you hit a ceiling and run into impediments stemming from their business decisions - over which you have no control. The author seems fully aware of his situation. I hope he at least gets some explanation, but this goes to show there's no substitute for forging a trench of independence around your business model (at least where it makes sense) and growing your own ecosystem (certainly not an easy task, of course).