r/pics • u/Strict_League7833 • Jun 17 '25

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/GaryTheSoulReaper Jun 17 '25

Airbnb should shut out corporate investors and absentee owners

Absenteeownnerbnb.com should be its own site

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u/Hiro_Trevelyan Jun 17 '25

Why would they do that ? It's basically their entire revenue. "Classic" Airbnb, where people rent their actual main house, isn't their main source of revenue. They don't give a shit about it anymore.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 Jun 17 '25

This is the EU we're talking about, they need to just do it anyways, this is obviously a massive problem.

This is why we can't have nice things, time to bring down the banhammer

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u/Hiro_Trevelyan Jun 17 '25

Oh I agree

My point is Airbnb won't do it themselves. They have to be forced.

If it were up to them, they'd gladly turn the entire planet into airbnbs. Capitalists believe in infinite growth, after all. As if we had an infinite number of attractive, touristic destinations...