• @roofuskit
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    134 months ago

    Deniable collusion and price fixing as a service is their business model.

  • @[email protected]
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    134 months ago

    Of course they did… highly unlikely they actually get punished, though. And the AI has nothing to do with it…

    • @jacksilver
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      84 months ago

      Yeah, I does feel like “algorithm” is doing a lot of heavy lifting for the “coordinate pricing between rental properties” bit.

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      4 months ago

      … cause “AI” doesn’t exist… It’s just fuel for clickbait and grifters. You don’t need Wall-E to fix prices ffs.

  • @[email protected]
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    34 months ago

    I guess they gotta profit from deprivation and exploitation the old fashioned way… Price fixing informally, politically, etc.