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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by enraged_camel on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:58AM (#14131866)
I don't know if they do. If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck.

At the end of they day they are directly competing with hotels. In order to ensure the competition is fair, they should be subject to the same regulations.

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Re:The Hotel Industry’s Plan to Combat Airbnb by Karunamon on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:27PM (#14134565)
And what if the competition isn't fair already?

What if I just want to rent out one room in my home on the side, not as a business? Why, then, should I be subject to the same requirements as a huge corporation with dedicated multistory buildings, many more customers, staff, and so forth?

To me, it sounds like the taxi industry pre-Uber. Lots of questionable-value regulation created by incumbents that doesn't really hurt anyone in the real world when it's mostly ignored.

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