Isn't the use of AGPL specifically to stop many including yourself's specific reasons? They want to build a business off it, not build your business off it.
If the license doesn't work for your use case, the license seems to have done its job successfully.
The AGPL is for preserving software freedom in today's networked, service-as-a-software-substitute world. It isn't supposed to be for building a business.
If the license doesn't work for your use case, the license seems to have done its job successfully.