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There is a difference between easy to set up and not having to set up anything. It's an improvement in operational UX.

There's a difference between easy to set up and (creating 25,000 lines of code to maintain so that we're) not having to set up anything.

I'd call it a net loss.

Fair take if the user is the same person as the implementer.

If I sell software to my customers that reduces their operational complexity by me investing some code, then I don't consider it a loss.