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The End of Airbnb in New York (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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The End of Airbnb in New York::Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New York City begins enforcing tight restrictions.

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[+] afraid_of_zombies -7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It probably doesn't but you have to wonder why that company was so successful to begin with. I feel like we are celebrating a weight loss company getting banned.

There is a housing shortage, there is a hotel room shortage. Someone took advantage of that. Getting rid of that someone doesn't stop the next person.

[–] CheeseNoodle 22 points 1 year ago

I was successful because it's skirting (pretty blatantly breaking actually) rental laws and thus gains an advantage over the competition.

[–] finnie 7 points 1 year ago

Well I think it was successful for the same reason so many unicorn startups are. They were bankrolled by promising angel investors marketshare so they were able to run artificially brutally low prices to dry out the rest of the market for years. But now investors are asking for those profits back and we're here dealing with horrible Airbnb prices AND it made the housing crisis worse. Double whammy, bb!!