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/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/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 30m ago

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