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Baker Plbg: Okay, and a surprise to absolutely no one. All the field integration software has now changed their pricing. CompanyCam, Jobber, Housecall Pro. and lead truffle, who I've never heard about, have... All right.
Baker Plbg: All right. change their current pricing packages. They now offer. uh subscription models ah Company cam now has core.
Baker Plbg: crew, and scale. I love how they use like just the weirdest words. so you don't really know what you're getting. Housecall Pro.
Baker Plbg: no longer publishes its essential or max rates. Lee Truffle no longer publishes any pricing at all. Um,
Baker Plbg: it's like the It's like the Uber model. You remember when Uber came out and it was just so cheap and basically they... uh ran all the taxi companies out of business which isn't exactly true but that was the plan And guess what their affairs have done?
Baker Plbg: And their payouts to their drivers have done. So they have lowered their payouts to their drivers and increased. there. um
Baker Plbg: pricing by almost 50%. Uh, basically over over COVID. is what this little article says. Yeah, so they've cut their payouts to their drivers by 40 or 50 % while raising their rates.
Baker Plbg: 60 to 80%. And you know why they want to build all the data centers? It's because now they do what's called dynamic pricing based on AI, and which AI tracks traffic flows, demand, and individual route character. characterizations to maximize revenue that's exactly what's going to happen with it's With Service Titan, with Housecall Pro, with Jobber, with CompanyCam.
Baker Plbg: They are all using those tools and using the data that you feed it. to increase your pricing. Oh, and then you are going to become but as I.
Baker Plbg: Continue to say beholden. to that model and have to change how you how you run your company. Good luck to you all. i It is a slippery slope.
Baker Plbg: Um, That. The bottom is jagged rocks as far as I'm concerned. My thoughts. Not yours.
