Ironically enough the founder of Parse said the <i>exact same thing</i> two years ago in the StackMob shutdown thread:<p>&gt; You could just use Parse. We&#x27;re not going anywhere.<p>(<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7221823" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7221823</a>)