I know how this story ends: the app has basically arranged to introduce a service-provider to a client, and unlike Uber where you&#x27;re getting services at different locations where different providers are needed every time, Alfred is providing the same service over and over again.  This makes it trivial for the provider and the client to eliminate the middle-man.  Service agencies of all kinds have been struggling with this problem since time immemorial, putting them on an app solves nothing.<p>I&#x27;d actually rather a &quot;pay for recommendation&quot; engine where I can pay the app to just put me in touch with a reputable service-provider for whatever - like HVAC or an electrician or a local housekeeper.