The fallacy of almost free
The entry level tier of Parse was so generous that it felt like the service was free. I think this has led some developer to reason along the lines of: I don’t pay for that service, so I don’t need to charge for my app. Or I can charge less, because I don’t have recurring costs for the servers. That is unhealthy. Not just for developers but also for users. There’s probably gonna be some bending over backwards to port an app running on Parse somewhere else, with potential interruptions for the customers.