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Airbnb and the Internet Revolution
They aren’t as bad as Uber in their flaunting of the law …
… but the longer they do it
- the less taxes arrive to support a city/county/state
- the more drain on those same services
- the less rooms and properties there are for people who just want to live
- the more temptation for the owners who are sharing their space - not to share their income with the IRS
Airbnb gets less press than Uber, but in some respects its even more radical: understanding how it works leads one to question many of the premises of modern society from hotels to regulations. It’s an important marker in the Internet Revolution.
< p style=“text-align: right;”> Source : Airbnb and the Internet Revolution Stratechery by Ben Thompson (https://stratechery.com/2015/airbnb-and-the-internet-revolution/) SaveSave