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>The Airbnb landlord had multiple apartments to rent. So they are the same old taxi drivers and motel owners. We are just paying less because it's illegal.

I've never been to San Francisco but AIUI Uber's main innovation in its original market was in being a taxi service that would actually come if you booked them. This has come up multiple times, from multiple people; it's like Google not having customer service or Amazon having no non assholes in management, except maybe in AWS.




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