A Boring Dystopia

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submitted 1 month ago by spookedintownsville to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] roofuskit 13 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] jacksilver 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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] 3 points 1 month ago

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