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yeh... airbnb is in violation. They illegally spammed people on craig's list. http://www.businessinsider.com/airbnb-harvested-craigslist-to-grow-its-listings-s

• maxcan 12y ago
  And, as much as I love them, their entire business is predicated on wholesale violation of local ordinances restriction hotel and short term stay operations. Those ordinances may themselves be corrupt and unethical but they're still laws.
  • andrewtbham 12y ago
    Yeh... Tesla, Uber, airbnb all use illegal sales techniques. I miss PG's more unvarnished advice.
    • rtpg 12y ago
      Tesla and Uber's defiance are for things that are pretty hard to justify. As the multitude of airbnb horror stories show, anti-subletting rules and the like are usually there for some pretty valid reasons, and it's in a different category of illegal. I, for one, am glad that my neighbour isn't inviting a bunch of strangers into his house every other day.
      • rdl 12y ago
        Uber in general is violating "things which are hard to justify", but their marketing tactics vs. competitors in NYC were unquestionably wrong, IMO.
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• chris123 12y ago
  Unethical behavior and marketing are notorious in Silicon Valley, where so many have this "holier than thou" mask on, and make public statements such as #2 on YC's list, yet use every unethical trick in the book to reach critical mass. They say that, yet they do this https://www.google.com/search?q=airbnb+craigslist+spam https://www.google.com/search?q=airbnb+craigslist+spam