Why do people pay for webapps that - really - are just wrappers over PostgreSQL? Why do people pay $100 to call out a plumber when they could buy a wrench and

Why do people pay for webapps that - really - are just wrappers over PostgreSQL? Why do people pay $100 to call out a plumber when they could buy a wrench and the washer they need for $10 total? They are irrationally invoking an expensive wrapper around the "real" business which is plumbing hardware supply! Possibly you have a very tech centric view of what a startup is? There's lots of ways you can create value and find PMF that a chat box or API alone can't reach. Marketing / reaching new audiences, design & ux, workflow, integrations, scheduling, oversight / moderation, testing and validation, trust, community building, regulatory compliance, etc etc etc.