Right, but in practice the moment you start charging people to provide them with a service, you are running a business – with the responsibilities that entails.

Right, but in practice the moment you start charging people to provide them with a service, you are running a business – with the responsibilities that entails. AirBnB is a vast global corporation that people use primarily as an alternative to hotels. Regardless of whatever the initial ideas may have been, it's not a cosy intimate exchange platform for people who want to stay in each other's homes.