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Tbh I’m a bit surprised how quickly Airb’n’b enshitified. It’s not even a competitor anymore imo.
Too many people who should not own and rent investment properties bought investment properties to rent as ABnBs. It broke the spirit of the thing, which was to rent space in your house, not a property used solely for that purpose.
Why haven't zoning laws caught up?
They do but it’s apparently hard to enforce.
Couldn't you just search Airbnb for your jurisdiction, then catch the landlord red handed?
I would agree.
I say it less as I know why and more that I know a lot of municipalities (including mine) have laws and codes in place that prevent using properties as hotels, and have had them for years, and yet they still operate.
So either they’re hard to enforce or they’re understaffed to do so.
They can pretend they live there. It's harder than you think. And legislation takes time that a new app development does not. It is also local, so you are talking about thousand of civic governments not in concert with each other, and often playing the game with rental properties themselves.
The early days were actually great. People renting out spare rooms for cheap was a win/win, but of course "entrepreneurs" had to turn that into a side business and AirBnB had to maximise profits so it all went to shit.
Criminal money actually have real utility for being criminal money, the only problem is it being used as an investment vehicle.
It's interesting how the newer ones are more valued. Piracy isn't even on there anymore. 🧓
Holy shit, I love this!
I think about it once a month
Once again, Late Stage Capitalism in the root problem in all enshittification of an otherwise innocent and slightly innovative idea.
It’s so funny because that’s exactly how capitalism ruins great ideas. I’m actually proud to have never used AirBnB, but when it first came out, it was probably a great way to save vs hotels that were overpriced and have massive overhead anyway.
Tbh ive booked no less than 8 airbnbs in the last 3 years and have always had zero issues in any of them. No ridiculous rules or deposits or anything, and a lot more privacy than getting a hotel. More importantly, always far cheaper than getting a hotel that isn’t questionably shitty
In that same span of time, Ive booked like 4 hotel rooms. One was a four star property that was great but stupid expensive. One was a “3 star” property that was shoddy as fuck, had bedbugs, and refused to give me a refund despite bringing one of the bugs to the front desk and politely declining to be put in another room. The other two hotels were decent but cost more than what they were worth compared to a STR. Hence I roll on with airbnbs
Why anyone would pay more for less space and less privacy I fail to understand.
Just an FYI, since privacy seems to be a big concern for you… AirBnB used to allow hosts to hide cameras inside of their rented spaces. It was explicitly allowed in their renting rules, under the premise of allowing owners to enforce rules and collect evidence in case of excessive mess/damage/theft. They banned hidden cameras in 2024, but over half of rental owners still admit to using them, and about half of all guests still report finding one inside of their rented spaces if they bother to look.
Horror story from Germany: colleague from my former workplace was living a bit after away and always rented local AirBnB locations until she found several hidden cameras, including one in the bedroom. This was before the official ban, but I'm never going to use the platform again.
& the host quite likely committed a felony under German law.
AirBnB never allowed hidden cameras; they allowed visible indoor cameras in common areas like a living room or kitchen. This isn't to say that some nefarious hosts might have hidden cameras, which has always been an issue, but to say that they explicitly allowed it in their policy is patently false.
Here's the archived version of the policy page in 2022: Use of cameras and recording devices
Just hypothetically speaking, is it against the end user license agreement to use a Wi-Fi jammer?
I meant privacy moreso as in coming and going as I please without interacting with anybody or being surrounded by other guests. But that is a valid separate concern I suppose
Says something about how awful some people are to interact with when anyone would rather the alternative, doesn't it?
This is blatantly false. Got a source for your claim?
Which part are you suggesting is false?
That it was explicitly allowed in the rental agreement for the purpose of collecting evidence of rulebreaking.
I don't know if you're going to find anything that explicitly states that the security cameras are intended for security, but
https://news.airbnb.com/an-update-on-our-policy-on-security-cameras/
you're looking for this.
From your link:
How do you read that and conclude “they explicitly allowed hidden cameras”?
What sort of hotel are you staying at?
I just looked and the cheapest air BNB in my city is literally someone's RV for $100 a night.
In most cities I can grab a room in a nice hotel for $100 to $150 per night. Cheap hotels are more like $80 a night.
STR?
Short term rental, an umbrella term for airbnb, vrbo, etc
Ugh just say the words.
They have also destroyed rent in lots of places. Here in Spain prices have more than doubled for rent since AirBnB is a thing. Landlords even tell you that they get way more money from airbnb, so supply and demand and all that.
Supply and demand isn’t really a thing with housing. I understand that Spaniards are upset, but that’s why you tell your socialist government to convert everything to public housing.
worst, its behind the housing crisis in many countries.
The way I see it is that enshitification is inherent to late stage capitalism, which has unfortunately become endemic in our culture.
I suppose that’s a 6/half-dozen distinction, though