Could not agree more.

In fact, we’re tackling this exact problem with Hypership (https://hypership.dev) but in the React/Next.js and JavaScript space. Infra, auth, events, analytics, forms, database, API, everything you need to ship a product, all configurable in minutes with no glue code.

Laravel is 100% going all in on their cloud, tightly integrating their entire ecosystem. I mean, have you seen how many products they have?!

The trade-off is clear: speed vs lock-in. I'm betting on flexibility without the setup overhead. Agencies will gobble this service offering up in no time.