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It will not devastate the sharing economy. It will devastate the "sharing" economy where you try to bypass government regulations by pretending you are not some
by venomsnake 12y ago
It will not devastate the sharing economy. It will devastate the "sharing" economy where you try to bypass government regulations by pretending you are not some kind of service.
There are a lot of ways of people to share car rides, small jobs - just not so easy to heavily monetize.
- Dylan16807 12y agoI'm pretty sure that's what "sharing economy" means. And it's not even true to that extent; I don't see how this would have any effect on things like airbnb.
- venomsnake 12y agoNo it does not. A carpooling app for people that want to get from A to B and everyone chips for gas is sharing. Ordering a ride for person that does this all day is taxi. Couchsurfing - sharing. AirBNB - hotel. It is really simple.
- Dylan16807 12y agoThat's just sharing. You have to build mass infrastructure around something like that to get "sharing economy". I agree that the distinction between at-cost sharing and for-profit "sharing" is a mess. When you say hotel, I hope you mean that the person renting the room is running a hotel. That I can agree with. But I would not call AirBNB itself a hotel, as some people do.