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Re:DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme That Har... by oooyay on Friday August 23, 2024 @03:15PM (#41332137)
Competitive markets keep things within a tolerance, imo. If the average is $4.10 then you can expect the price to vary up and down by some amount depending on location and other things provided.

What RealPage does is distinct because it assures prices are always above and by orders of magnitude what they should be. It also achieves that through private communication which I think is generally accepted as a problem.

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Re:DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme That Har... by coredog64 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:07AM (#41364709)
Order of magnitude is generally accepted as starting at 10x. Are you saying rents are 10-100x higher because of RealPage?
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Re:DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Pricing Scheme That Har... by oooyay on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:30PM (#41374399)
You're right, order of magnitude wasn't the right choice of words. They're 3-4x what they should be, and RealPage is responsible for a sizeable portion on its own, which is saying something.
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