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AirBnB Authorizes Monitoring Devices That Are Totally Not Creepy at All (www.orwell.org)
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AirBnB Authorizes Monitoring Devices That Are Totally Not Creepy at All::Minut – know exactly what your guests are up to 24/7 with the new and discreet telescreen.

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[–] sugartits 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just stay at a hotel.

Similar price, no bullshit cleaning instructions (then cleaning fees on top), no immoral monitoring, consistent experience.

AirBnB was at best a cute gimmick for a few years. Now it's a measurably worse experience.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The idea of "I've got a spare room that I'll briefly rent out for cheap" is nice, but as all nice things, it inevitably gets ruined by twats on all sides. Likewise with ridesharing apps that could serve the use case "I'm heading that way, maybe someone needs a ride that way too", but end up a shadier version of Taxis.