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It isn't just an "algorithm" in the computer science sense. It is property managers reporting a bunch of information that is then fed into an algorithm. Sellin
by jnwatson 2y ago
It isn't just an "algorithm" in the computer science sense. It is property managers reporting a bunch of information that is then fed into an algorithm.
Selling the algorithm should be fine. The information sharing is the part that gets into cartel territory.
- judge2020 2y agoThis would not change anything. If they moved to scraping each others' websites instead of all contributing data to a DB at the end of the day, the outcome wouldn't change; it'd just take a lot more cpu cycles to run.
- washadjeffmad 2y agoHere's an explanation by the FTC: https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/03/price-fixing-algorithm-still-price-fixing https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2024/03/price-fix... The problem was the system, not the technology used to implement it.
- callalex 2y agoNo, it’s the contractual obligation to use the dictated price without deviation that is cartel behavior.