• Airbnb stock tumbled 14% in one day after the company predicted slowing demand.
  • Some former Airbnb diehards say they now prefer the consistency of hotels.
  • Airbnb said it might increase travelers’ ability to book hotel rooms through Airbnb.
  • @[email protected]
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    484 months ago

    Airbnb was great when it all began, but now it’s overrun by corporate vultures that buy up housing and turn it into illicit hotels. Not to even mention, it costs about the same as a hotel these days and I’ve never stayed in a hotel that gives you a chore list.

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      4 months ago

      Like every other company lol. I remember when Uber and Lyft were so much cheaper, too. It’s why I don’t want gamepass to take over all gaming, or streaming to take over all physical video media. It always starts out nice, but eventually…

      • @ocassionallyaduck
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        44 months ago

        THANK YOU for seeing the writing on the wall. I keep reminding people of this.

        Gamepass is unbeatable value. But if you give it market share you better believe after they jack the price a few more times, games willvstop providing a disc at all and just be “Gamepass exclusive” in the sense youvcan only subscribe to it, not buy it.

        • @yamanii
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          24 months ago

          We are already here, for a decade now, The Crew players can’t play their game anymore, and they paid for it.

          • @ocassionallyaduck
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            34 months ago

            True. Gamepass just takes that much further I think. Gasoline on the fire so to speak.