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Seems like it’s real easy for them to assert something very like monopoly or cartel-like price manipulations on behalf of landlords without even doing so deliberately. Once enough people use your product it’s easy to make a claim like “raises average rent by X%” and have it be a self-fulfilling prophecy simply by virtue of tweaking the algorithm to favor increases regardless of market fundamentals and competition.


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