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Re:Airbnb dominated by professional landlords by camus2 on Sunday August 06, 2017 @12:06PM (#14941830)
> What was disruptive about AirBnB was the opening of it to spare bedrooms and the subletting of places people rent from others.

Yet that's a minority of Airbnb's offers according to the article. The vast majority of rentals are operated by "professionals" who rent all year long, this is not like a "paid couchsurfing" service. People like you buy condos for the sole purpose of renting it on Airbnb, and that's fine, but let's not pretend like Airbnb is some grass-root charity.

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