You're assuming that the most important thing to clients is cost. For a decent client, it never is. It's a huge amount of work and risk to hire somebody else a

You're assuming that the most important thing to clients is cost. For a decent client, it never is. It's a huge amount of work and risk to hire somebody else after a service provider has already shown themselves to be self-managing, self-directed, professional, timely, responsible, and knowledgeable/skilled.