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Uber and Lyft basically destroyed the taxi industry by subsidizing incredibly cheap rides until they had wiped out independent drivers, then gradually raised their prices much higher than taxis ever were.

If there was an Uber for plumbing/HVAC, you would get ONE quote, and it would be higher than any of the ones you got.

So I'm not sure that's the future we should be racing toward.



There are lots of HVAC companies trying the above in every city. Finding the good (often independent) tech is hard because they don't have the big ads.




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