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Airbnb is adding cleaning fees to a new 'total price' of bookings in search results after people complained listings were misleading::Airbnb's CEO said that he's heard guests "loud and clear" that pricing on the platform isn't transparent and "checkout tasks are a pain."

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There is a level of hostage taking that makes you question the whole logic of digital economy. If one side (customers) are complaining and the other side is not (house owners), then, the madness is not that bad. But this is insanity. Both sides complain every time yet keep going back to the hostage situation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that the endgame of enshittification?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Aha! What a beautiful concept.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Perfectly described.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do the owners complain about?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Money, probably