Consumers view PE ownership of home services more negatively; Reddit anti-PE sentiment mined

The host describes academic studies and mined Reddit conversations (e.g., a Seattle thread) showing consumers view private equity ownership of home-service companies more negatively, citing upselling, price raises and pushy sales.

“consumers view private equity ownership more negatively than kind of other ownership types”

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