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I’ve been consistently surprised how insulated Airbnb has been to the level of criticism that Uber and Lyft have more publicly faced for many years now...maybe a part of it is that the impact Airbnb has on a city is much more subtle so most don’t necessarily pay attention unless it’s directly impacting their life.

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Have they been? I don't know if they were anti-AirBnB protests on the streets, but their meatspace ads have been defaced in the past. At least on HN, AirBnB has been getting comparable levels of criticism to Uber, for roughly the same reason - they're burning down society for profit, piece by piece.

You don't know exactly how much they have to do with it, they could just be a symptom and a scapegoat.

AirBnB has about 10 Billion in gross bookings (fees are about a quarter) worldwide now, so when they started out it was less. Real estate values have risen in the trillions since the financial crisis and the low interest policy.

The money from AirBnB goes mostly to renters, the ones who didn't benefit from those value increases. Also some of the money went to higher prices in the Hotel industry, who faces more competition now.

So I think it's much more complicated with AirBnB.

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