Nope, the article shows otherwise. For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9732231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9732231 4-6 are madly differe

Nope, the article shows otherwise. For example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9732231 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9732231 4-6 are madly different for airbnb than Uber: 4) Uber alone sets prices, and tipping is discouraged, so there is no mechanism for driver (as "contractor") to set prices. 5) Plaintiff driver only provided her time and car. "Plaintiff's work did not entail any 'managerial' skills that could affect profit or loss." 6) Drivers cannot subcontract (presumably negating Uber's position as a "lead generation" tool for contractors). AirBnB is facing an entirely different challenge - residential vs commercial zoning, hotel taxes, impact on the normal rent market, etc. I'm seeing laws coming up either seeking to regulate & tax them as hotels, or outright ban them as in santa monica: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/13/406587575/santa-monica-cracks-down-on-airbnb-bans-vacation-rentals-under-a-month http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/13/406587575/... Clearly a residential rental market isn't sustainable when you can easily earn at least double with short term rentals.