Consolidation means there are only a few possible vendors. It looks like we have choice but we don’t. Comparing between Vacasa and AirBnB isn’t really a compari

Consolidation means there are only a few possible vendors. It looks like we have choice but we don’t. Comparing between Vacasa and AirBnB isn’t really a comparison when both are directly encouraged to hide fees until you’re ready to checkout. So you spend time comparing options only to realize the one you’ve chosen has +30% per day cleaning fee. Now you’re unable to even appropriately cross compare results because of the hidden fee structure. I used Vacasa and AirBnB mostly as an example, but cable companies and telecoms are worse in that you don’t know about the bullshit fees (and anything that is labeled as a fee is bullshit) until you’ve signed up. Additionally, they can add fees at will; which, I can’t believe is at all legal. Tacking on any fee labeled or not should be illegal unless I directly consented to it.