I know AirBNB mostly as a convenient trick for people to illegally rent out "residential" apartments to tourists (or desperate students) for way above market ra

I know AirBNB mostly as a convenient trick for people to illegally rent out "residential" apartments to tourists (or desperate students) for way above market rate. And maybe as a utility for laundering the cash flow to aid with tax evasion. Can't comment on Uber, because in my local market they lost against a community of taxi companies who have an excellent app.