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douglas rushkoffNov 9, 20152 min read
Living and Dying on Airbnb
Zak Stone
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The calculus of supposedly “sharing economy” businesses is no different than that of GM or Toyota calculating the cost of recalls vs. that of lives lost. Only in the case of Internet startups, the refusal to accept any responsibility for liability or human costs is a philosophy — an ethos — embedded into the platform itself.
Update: I wrote a whole post about this post and the follow ups to this post.
Ev Williams
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The legal relationships in AirBNB are different than HomeAway/VRBO. In AirBNB, the renter contracts with AirBNB and the owner contracts with AirBNB. In the HomeAway/VRBO, the owner contracts directly with the renter; HomeAway/VRBO are facilitators and not named parties to the contract.
Kasey ChangNov 8, 20152 min read
Living and Dying on Airbnb
Zak Stone
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I am saddened by your loss. Part of me wish to blame AirBnB and the entire “sharing economy”. What was done between friends and acquaintances are now between total strangers with a few reviews by yet other strangers. Need a ride? Call your buddy or Lyft? Need a couch to crash? Call your GF or AirBNB? Yet staying in a total stranger’s place has its…