• @roofuskit
    link
    1319 days ago

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

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    1319 days ago

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

    • @jacksilver
      link
      819 days ago

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

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      1
      edit-2
      18 days 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]
    link
    fedilink
    318 days ago

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