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by amluto 937 days ago
I have the distinct impression that there is a bizarre legal/regulatory problem with this: safety devices need to comply with local regulations, even when those regulations are inconsistent or weaken safety. For instance, in the US, a UL-listed CO detector must not alert at problematic-but-not-immediately-dangerous levels. So you end up with absurd hacks like this:

https://www.kidde.com/home-safety/en/us/products/fire-safety...

That’s a real name brand device that is not a CO detector because it does not meet the UL requirements.

I can easily see AirBnB not wanting to get involved.

(Also, there are properties listed in multiple services, and maybe the owners/managers don’t want to put in special gadgets for each service. And maybe people who rent their own home and live in it some of the time don’t want the AirBnB cloud intruding.)