Interesting to read those points of view. There are really many different ways to look at things... :P
But to me at least, building a CRUD app that makes someone's life 10x better is worth a lot :) (even though our app is much more than just a crud app!)
Even making someone's life 10x better with a simplest of CRUD apps is not in itself a justification for offering a Faustian bargain. Because it's not the CRUD part that's the problem, but the part in which the vendor owns the database and means to access it.
But to me at least, building a CRUD app that makes someone's life 10x better is worth a lot :) (even though our app is much more than just a crud app!)