I'm not claiming an opinion one way or the other about whether this is the case in this situation, but it can be in your best interest to be prevented from doin

I'm not claiming an opinion one way or the other about whether this is the case in this situation, but it can be in your best interest to be prevented from doing something. It's easier to win a game of chicken if you remove your steering wheel. You don't get intimidated as often into voting a particular way if there's no way to prove how you voted. If you can effectively work for thirty hours straight, employers will want to demand that from you. And generally speaking, not being able to do something means that other agents won't try to pressure you into doing it. In this case, it's something like "if you can have more money by AirBnBing out your place on weekends, then landlords can raise your rent by approximately that amount and since people now afford it, you've got no option other than accepting the rent increase and paying for it through AirBnB".