The company I work for has a plan B to switch to alternative, self-hosted models if providers pull off strange moves, such as drastic pricing changes. We have already switched from one provider to another once, and we do not want to get burned again. We do not reverse engineer, just regular development.

Until Kevin quits and you need to modify his work

Right, because admin is some obscure work in 2026 and no one knows how to do it.