In my case, it is the latter. I very intentionally figured that I want to "retain" my problem so that I could test with my own product whether it at least addr

In my case, it is the latter. I very intentionally figured that I want to "retain" my problem so that I could test with my own product whether it at least addresses my original problem. That being said, I am a bit nuts! I can go into decision paralyses if I don't know all the variables.