I feel like there's too much focus on the price here, and the thing I am concerned with is that the original comment was about how services shut down and they didn't want to invest in the unknown. Paying for that seems doubly risky to me.
That said, I get your point that if you can create a model that gives you a good sense of future profitability, you are in a better position not to die as a company.
That said, I get your point that if you can create a model that gives you a good sense of future profitability, you are in a better position not to die as a company.