To me, the innovation was changing social norms to allow complete strangers in your cars and homes and dealing with legal implications of trying to skirt aroun

To me, the innovation was changing social norms to allow complete strangers in your cars and homes and dealing with legal implications of trying to skirt around commercial drivers (taxis, etc.) and residents (hotels, motels, etc.). At the same time, convincing people the liability of driving someone around or hosting them in your house was worth it as an individual seemed like another challenge. If you asked me years ago if either concept would work at mass scale, I'd think you were crazy. Too many risks and unknowns to be worth it. These days, people seem to be more willing to take risks and work for AirBnB or Uber. I suspect the economic pressures a typical laborer in the US are currently under has made people more accepting of doing this to help alleviate their financial pressures. I know a lot of people who do AirBnB just to help pay off their mortgages and plan to stop as soon as they finish or make some headway on payments.