The unconventional path looks crazy until it works. Then everybody calls it obvious.

Judgement about an unusual choice depends almost entirely on the outcome, which nobody has while you are making it. The same decision gets called reckless before and obvious afterward, often by the same people. That means the opinions you are collecting right now contain very little information about whether you are right.

Take the doubt seriously where it names a specific risk you can plan for. Ignore the part that is only about it being unusual. Ask a critic what would have to be true for it to work, which is a far better question.