r/technology • u/Choobeen • 9h ago

Software Trump appoints Airbnb co-founder to revamp public (government) websites

https://www.dw.com/en/trump-appoints-airbnb-co-founder-to-revamp-public-websites-after-musk-doge-exit/a-73744139
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u/hikeonpast 9h ago

Fuck Joe Gebbia and his AirBnB billions.

I’m just one person, but I’m done with AirBnB until this doofus is off their board.

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u/Regular-Engineer-686 8h ago

As if I needed another reason to boycott AirBnb, but everyone should. They are a TERRIBLE company.

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u/I_am_BrokenCog 8h ago

in what way are they terrible?

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u/green_gold_purple 8h ago

They fuck over their customers and the housing market.

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u/DeadMoneyDrew 8h ago

Don't know why you're getting downvoted for asking a legitimate question. Not everybody is immersed in all of the evil stuff that companies do.

Airbnb charges outrageous fees to consumers to the point where they are no longer an economical alternative to a hotel. They also suck up housing supply which contributes to high costs of rent.

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u/fury420 7h ago

It's actually individual hosts that choose to add a cleaning fee and pet fees, not AirBnB itself.

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u/DeadMoneyDrew 5m ago

PotAYto potAHto. No difference.

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u/TechieWasteLan 7h ago

Is it airbnb themselves that sucked up housing ? Or is it that it created an incentive for people and later companies to buy up housing to put up on Airbnb?

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u/kahmeal 1h ago

It’s the same picture.

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u/Redebo 32m ago

Then why does AirBnB take all the blame? The supply wouldn’t exist if there wasn’t demand.

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u/DeadMoneyDrew 6m ago

Don't make things so complicated. That's a distinction without a difference.

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u/Regular-Engineer-686 7h ago edited 7h ago

Here’s a list:

• They significantly contribute to rising housing cost in metropolitan areas • They change the “character” of whatever neighborhood they are in by focusing on short term tourists rather than actual residents. • Their model benefits property owners and wealthy hosts, but lower-income residents and workers are forced to live further and further away from where they work as the areas become gentrified, with people don’t even live there. • For the people that actually live in the community, they are disrupted as all types of people rent AirBnb places including porn directors, sex traffickers, drug manufacturers, etc… not to mention just the people that come in every week to have a parties disrupting the neighborhood. • It also sucks for their users. There’s no safety protocols. Hidden cameras in bathrooms and bedrooms have been found, including ones in the bedrooms meant for children.

You should do a little googling. They are terrible. I’ve used them in the past when I didn’t know any better. If you’re using them, please stop.

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u/Unlucky-Meaning-4956 7h ago

In all of them