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Not only that, but it appears AirBNB doesn't discourage this practice and there have been some articles claiming they actively encourage people who turn rentals

Not only that, but it appears AirBNB doesn't discourage this practice and there have been some articles claiming they actively encourage people who turn rentals into AirBNBs. AirBNB doesn't seem as bad as Uber, but there have been many questionable decisions .. and cases like the London guy whose guests threw a massive party and caused like 3k GBP in damages: http://observer.com/2017/03/airbnb-nda-damage-in-london-after-drug-party/ http://observer.com/2017/03/airbnb-nda-damage-in-london-afte... No where in this letters were the words, "We've made some mistakes" or "we need to get better" ... unless I missed it? It's like they're not even addressing serious customer issues.

ghaff 9y ago
It's an interesting contrast. Uber was much more problematic in terms of culture (at least until recently, if you're inclined to be generous) and they seem to have been more directly involved in actively thwarting laws, etc. And they've created this big gig economy workforce that is barely scraping by in most cases. On the other hand, with relatively few exceptions, existing taxi companies--and especially those built around medallion monopolies--were extremely user-friendly and generally pretty awful in a lot of places. AirBnB, on the other hand, seems at least more reasonable as a company but has still turned largely a blind eye to its hosts evading their legal requirements in a way that's arguably much more damaging to communities than Uber.