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Absolutely this. These companies have a weird human shield - that prosecuting individual house owners or drivers has little tin no impact on the supply (wherea
by lifeisstillgood 6y ago
Absolutely this.
These companies have a weird human shield - that prosecuting individual house owners or drivers has little tin no impact on the supply (whereas it would have a huge impact on a normal commercial supply) - so the usual weapon regulatory bodies have is simply useless.
- jariel 6y agoIf regulators wanted to actually go after AirBnB they could do it directly, it's a matter of political will. It really demonstrated the absurdity and borderline incompetence of a lot of regulatory entities: both Uber and AirBnB operate out in the open even where it's essentially illegal. The Hotel industry lobbies to keep the rules in their favour - and none of us are winners really. Accommodation rules should probably be opened up somewhat, AirBnB has provided overwhelming evidence of a supply/demand mismatch. The taxi industry is considerably more difficult to redress because the cities have already sold medallions.