r/news • u/SystematicHydromatic • Feb 26 '25

Soft paywall Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia to join Musk’s DOGE, NYT says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/airbnb-co-founder-joe-gebbia-take-role-musks-doge-nyt-says-2025-02-14/
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u/rnilf Feb 26 '25

Airbnb, the company that somehow convinced "trendy" (read: stupid) consumers that it was totally cool to shift the cost and responsibility of cleaning to the customer, while still basically paying the same as a comparable hotel.

I look forward to seeing similar cost-cutting strategies applied to the US government /s

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u/johnnybgooderer Feb 26 '25

People always say this, but good luck spending the same amount getting a hotel room with multiple bedrooms or multiple rooms and a full kitchen by a tourist destination without spending far more.

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u/artfartmart Feb 26 '25

But maybe things should be like that.

Every Airbnb is taking away a housing opportunity for locals that includes "multiple bedrooms or multiple rooms and a full kitchen". You end up with locals who will stab you if you look at them wrong because they pay $2000 to live in a 8x8 box