I don't know when it began but AirBNB weaponized it to a ridiculous degree. The ability to basically automate the process of renting out your house at absurdly

I don't know when it began but AirBNB weaponized it to a ridiculous degree. The ability to basically automate the process of renting out your house at absurdly inflated prices is actively removing inventory from the housing market in addition to removing customers from the hotel industry. I've never found agreement when speaking out against renting on HN. Empty houses outnumber the homeless 6 to 1 [0] and yet somehow it's more important that we ensure landlords can protect their effortless investments and waste more and more land on non-dense, temporary housing. [0]https://www.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/agbo4u/capitalists_empty_homes_outnumber_homeless_people/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/agbo4...