• @Got_Bent
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    2925 days ago

    It’s fine. Scotus will just say that the DOJ doesn’t have authority to file lawsuits without express congressional legislation on each individual matter.

    • @dhork
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      1425 days ago

      The Founders didn’t say anything in 1789 about algorithmic price fixing, therefore we can’t restrict it now.

    • @[email protected]
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      625 days ago

      That’s stupid. There was no software at the time of founding and no precedence in England at the time. Therefore price fixing was never intended to be regulated.

  • @[email protected]
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    1925 days ago

    So naturally they’re going to collect a shitload of money from them and the landlords using this scheme and use it to reimburse all of the people who were negatively affected by this illegal practice, right?

    …right?

  • @MegaUltraChicken
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    1125 days ago

    It is literally fucking price fixing software. That’s what it does.

  • @Nurse_Robot
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    925 days ago

    I have zero faith this will result in more affordable housing.

    • @psycho_driver
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      225 days ago

      Yeah it probably won’t, but I’m all for inflicting any kind of pain possible upon the people responsible for this.

  • @psycho_driver
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    25 days ago

    They best not let Yardi off the hook. Those pukes are doing the exact same thing. Get the big property owners who were in on it too.

  • @AliasAKA
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    425 days ago

    Even if they don’t force a huge fine (arguably they should literally dissolve the company, sell any assets, equally distributing the proceeds to all employees), at least we can have a tiny step forward. Progress can come in fits and starts, and it can also come one tiny little slice at a time.