$2,400/mo agencies getting rekt by $40 scripts isn't a bug—it's a feature.
Most retainers weren't selling strategy. They were selling coordination theater.
If your workflow is:
Keyword in → Article out → CMS published
That's a script's job. Not a human's.
Humans cost money. Repeatable ops should cost nothing.
The agencies that survive? They're the ones selling actual thinking—not glorified content pipelines.
Automation ate the middleman. Adapt or get faded.