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I imagine it's tricky to really prove. Airlines, for example, have been doing somewhat similar things for decades, but there's no simplistic path to showing co

by tyingq 3y ago

I imagine it's tricky to really prove. Airlines, for example, have been doing somewhat similar things for decades, but there's no simplistic path to showing collusion.

ghaff 3y ago
Pretty much all companies, especially large ones, rely on a series of intermediary sources for things like pricing, salaries, etc. They're not constrained by those sources for individual products, services, and people but they're absolutely aware of them. And it's probably a fairly short distance from there to "We're not going to pay you more than an equivalent level at Google" whether or not that's explicitly stated.
willis936 3y ago
Funny you mention that. One of RealPage's architects has experience in making cartels in the airline industry, and getting caught. The trick to getting caught here is to be very blatant and just pretend the law doesn't exist. https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-r... >A genial, self-described “numbers nerd,” Jeffrey Roper was Alaska Airlines’ director of revenue management when it and other major airlines began developing price-setting software in the 1980s. >Competing airlines began using common software to share planned routes and prices with each other before they became public. The technology helped head off price wars that would have lowered ticket prices, the Department of Justice said. >The department said the arrangement may have artificially inflated airfares, estimating the cost to consumers at more than a billion dollars between 1988 and 1992. The government eventually reached settlements or consent decrees for price fixing with eight airlines, including Alaska Airlines, all of which agreed to change how they used the technology.

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I imagine it's tricky to really prove. Airlines, for example, have been doing somewhat similar things for decades, but there's no simplistic path to showing co

by tyingq 3y ago

I imagine it's tricky to really prove. Airlines, for example, have been doing somewhat similar things for decades, but there's no simplistic path to showing collusion.

ghaff 3y ago
Pretty much all companies, especially large ones, rely on a series of intermediary sources for things like pricing, salaries, etc. They're not constrained by those sources for individual products, services, and people but they're absolutely aware of them. And it's probably a fairly short distance from there to "We're not going to pay you more than an equivalent level at Google" whether or not that's explicitly stated.
willis936 3y ago
Funny you mention that. One of RealPage's architects has experience in making cartels in the airline industry, and getting caught. The trick to getting caught here is to be very blatant and just pretend the law doesn't exist. https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-r... >A genial, self-described “numbers nerd,” Jeffrey Roper was Alaska Airlines’ director of revenue management when it and other major airlines began developing price-setting software in the 1980s. >Competing airlines began using common software to share planned routes and prices with each other before they became public. The technology helped head off price wars that would have lowered ticket prices, the Department of Justice said. >The department said the arrangement may have artificially inflated airfares, estimating the cost to consumers at more than a billion dollars between 1988 and 1992. The government eventually reached settlements or consent decrees for price fixing with eight airlines, including Alaska Airlines, all of which agreed to change how they used the technology.