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Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by neuro_imager on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @11:34PM (#9543300)
I get your point but (partly to play devil's advocate)... How is this significantly different from traditional businesses? - Good for people getting paid. - Good (maybe) for people getting the service (which is often mediocre at best). - Bad for competitors. - Bad for people who invested in a competing service/product/related industry. - Often bad for the environment, neighbourhood etc.
Re:Santa Monica council votes 7-0 to crack down on Airbnb by SixSigma on Thursday May 14, 2015 @01:34AM (#9543588)
That's the whole point. Society has constructed mechanisms for dealing with externalities: governments, laws, regulations and taxes.