Why dont you “lose” those $1200 on a developer to program you a tailored importer? I mean it depends on the format and complexity, but for that kind of money it should be possible to find a freelancer. If you do similar imports regularly then that should amortize itself quite quickly if import durations is such a problem as you say.
That technically count as lose of hypothetical profits since you didn’t invest any money “free software” then any income from that use of software is pure profit.
You can only lose money if you spent money and didn’t get it back anything else is a logical fallacy …
I’m closing this thread as it’s derailing from its original topic.
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