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Re:Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minu... by threatofrain on Friday July 22, 2022 @03:15PM (#32196000)
> The reason AirBNB will always have garbage service is because the hosts are their moneymakers, not you. The host has the property, the host sets the price, the host assumes all responsibility (even if they often do not live up to those responsibilities).

I disagree. The marketplace is the moneymaker. It would be like saying that app makers are the moneymakers, and not the iOS/Android store as a whole marketplace.

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Re:Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minu... by beowulfey on Friday July 22, 2022 @03:20PM (#32196053)
But what is the app store without the apps? What is AirBnB without the hosts?

It’s a moot point really anyway, because the important thing is it’s definitely not the users who are valued by the parent company in either case.

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