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No, because Airbnb is sharing market information with you, and is quite happy for you to undercut the market to drum up demand, or raise prices if you think you’ve got a winner, which keeps market efficiencies intact.

What’s described in the article is a bunch of estate agents agreeing to use a price recommended by 3rd party software and minimize cheating on that price, which is price fixing.




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