> Just waiting for “Expedia for coworking spaces” to come and commoditize them :) I've been waiting for this too, but the more I think about it, the less likel

> Just waiting for “Expedia for coworking spaces” to come and commoditize them :) I've been waiting for this too, but the more I think about it, the less likely I think it'll actually happen. People spend at least 5 days and 40 hours a week in their work environment, often across many years. In contrast, when traveling, you spend just a handful of hours in a flight or a few days in a hotel. When you're spending a short time on something, you're less likely to see details, and commodification is easier. When you spend days, weeks, years in a place, tiny minutea jump out and no two spaces are exactly the same. As a comparison, think about residential real-estate. There still has been very little commodification of residential real-estate, because neighborhoods, amenities, schools, safety, light, and even the color of the grass play a factor. Work-spaces are less extreme, but similar dynamics play out. Even if thousands of WeWork copy-cats pop-up around the world (as is currently happening), I wouldn't expect serious commodification.