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With a $1 million "burn your home down" guarantee, and future bad press on the line, AirBNB doesn't want to take the risk that you want to take.

If I read the article correctly, hosts are still in control as to whether they will allow all guests or just verified. Did I misinterpret this?

Is the uproar over the mandate that a random 25% of users are now required to go through verification?

25% is really high and might as well be mandatory. Only a fool would count on not having to verify, especially when they don't tell you until the last second. This isn't a pilot program, this is a massive, invasive change.

It is an option. Last I heard, you could still advertise short term rentals on Craigslist, after all.