>to cushion Airbnb's pockets i.e., to their stock price, i.e., to investors, i.e., to pension funds both private and public (pensions are by far the largest Ai

>to cushion Airbnb's pockets i.e., to their stock price, i.e., to investors, i.e., to pension funds both private and public (pensions are by far the largest AirBnB shareholders), i.e., it likely benefits the majority of the public (the majority of US households have stock exposure, quite often large pension funds or index funds - AirBnB is part of the Nasdaq 100, for example).