• 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.
  • tyler@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    Perhaps the original software nerds didn’t have that in mind but the moment MBAs came along to “help them grow” the program was to win Monopoly in that mark

    So…… it was the original model. And yeah airbnb literally grew because of renting out extra rooms, it didn’t grow from turning entire homes into rentals. It became that much much much later.