[gjulianm]

It also created a market that pushed prices up in residential zones in major cities, kicked out neighbors and screwed up the rental market. For example, in my city, rental offers for residents almost duplicated when COVID hit due to AirBnB rentals being empty. If we're talking about people not affording things, we need to focus on people not affording housing before tourism.

> some of the communities that understood how to balance its pros and cons

AirBnB worked against a lot of those communities that tried to balance the pros and cons

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-airbnbs-guerrilla-war-aga...

[boringg]

I know a guy who airbnb out one of his apartments he rented so he live in a larger nicer apartment. Feels bad that people did that.

I think Airbnb when it first came out was great. Like all things tech (a bit broad of a statement) once it got out into the world in a real way it lost its allure. Facebook was great when it started, reddit, instagram, google, etc. Once people figure out how to co-opt the technology for their own uses (or maybe just the drive for ad revenue kills off all the fun or novelty wears off) it loses its lustre quite a bit. Sorry to be downbeat - technology doesn't feel as fun as it was even like 3-4 years ago let alone back in the 00s or the 90s. Or maybe I'm just aging out.

[season2episode3]

I feel the same way in the sense that I'm much more cynical about tech than I used to be.

I take solace in the fact that writing code and building things (especially physical world things!) is fun. Web backend is getting duller by the minute, though.

[boringg]

Agree with this. I do get enjoyment out of writing and executing code. Is that just dopamine rewards - I can’t tell.

[randomsearch]

I guess it’s VC demand for returns. Bootstrapped tech and tech that only takes a small amount of investment doesn’t have to follow this path.

[wolco2]

That's a great hack and good for him. It won't last forever.