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  the standardization, the lack of surprises, the consistent rules, the familiar experience
  
  These are all good things, tbh. I don't go to a hotel for the unique experience inside the hotel. I just need a place to leave my stuff, sleep and take a shower.
  Also - I see people complaining about Airbnb because it's not that much cheaper than renting a hotel room. Or because there is no security. Or because Airbnbs affect the locals' lives negatively.
context: I’d stay in an Airbnb because there is more space and it is cheaper than getting two rooms a lot of the time. >
  
  When airbnb started. It was great.  Get a whole house to yourself. You can cook real food. Have a good time with a punch of people. Be comfortable. For cheaper than a hotel.  
  Now you can't even find an airbnb where the cleaning fees are cheaper than a hotel stay. >
  
  How often do you travel and use either service.. because in my experience air bnb is cheaper most of the time. 
  I use it a few times per year and as long as I do a little research before my trip I can basically always find an entire house big enough to house 2-3 couples comfortably for a lot cheaper than the equivalent space in a hotel. Last trip to Mexico we got a big house with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms 10 min walk from the beach and it only cost us $2k for the entire 10 day stay. >
  
  Air bnb was great when it was a "small business" they grew and became a big business... and with that, it started sucking. So no... it's not at all an acknowledgment of that. >
  
  If you look at the gripes, what people like about hotels is the standardization, the lack of surprises, the consistent rules, the familiar experience. These are all attributes of large
  What they don’t like about AirBnBs are the lack of consistency, the petty tyranny of individual owners, the extreme variation between experiences — each attributes of small businesses.