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by Hacktrick 194 days ago
>RealPage

This monopolistic pricing is a massive part of the issue. Hopefully the case the DOJ brought against them is progressing well. They've essentially created a cartel of landlords trying to squeeze you for every single penny.

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> Hopefully the case the DOJ brought against them is progressing well

They reached a settlement with the DOJ last week [0].

0: https://www.realpage.com/news/realpage-reaches-settlement-wi...

The case concluded with a settlement that RealPage would no longer share data between competitive landlords.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-r...

In theory that sounds like an undermining of their core value proposition, I think in practice it'll be less effective than so called 'Chinese walls'
I don't doubt it. The actual effects of this are yet to be proven either way.