I stopped using airbnb long ago.... hotels can be around the same price too
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No fucking way when you rent for a month
there are there are extended stay hotels with kitchens that can be pretty affordable in some areas
Wasn't there a lawyer lady on reddit that sued Airbnb because she rented a studio unit that had indoor cameras? I following her posts until reddit decided to kill Infinity.
RIP Infinity, the only thing that made reddit tolerable on mobile.
You can still compile infinity from source with your own api key
I never used an Airbnb fortunately because I rarely travel, but when I do travel I just find a fairly cheap hotel to stay.
I've used one once by accident (booked through a different website) and it was just someone's spare room, which I found pleasant. Then they charged me for a beer that evening and breakfast the following morning, which I found bizarre. I mean it makes sense but it felt odd.
Good. These were common areas so personally I don't see too much of an issue, but the harder and more unsavory it is perceived to run Airbnbs the more our housing market can return to normal.
Idk about you, but I want to fuck in the common areas without being recorded.
How about outdoor cameras within the property? As in, private yards/pool areas/etc?
The problem is that there's a very valid reason to have those that has nothing to do with the tenants. There's no way in the world I'd have an outdoor pool without a security camera for liability reasons alone, let alone trespassers.
Yeah I should be able to swim naked in the pool without being recorded
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Airbnb is prohibiting the use of indoor security cameras in its listings globally, the vacation homestay rental company announced on Monday.
While the majority of its listings — more than 7 million worldwide at the end of last year — don't report having indoor security cameras, Airbnb said the policy change was made in an effort to prioritize the privacy of guests.
Previously, the company allowed indoor security cameras in common areas, as long as they were disclosed on the listing page before booking and clearly visible to guests.
"The update to this policy simplifies our approach and makes clear that security cameras are not allowed inside listings, regardless of their location, purpose or prior disclosure," read the statement.
The revised policy — which takes effect on April 30 — also includes more thorough rules on the use of outdoor security cameras and other devices such as noise decibel monitors, which are required to be disclosed before guests book.
In a 2022 interview with NPR, Thorin Klosowski — who at the time was privacy and security editor at Wirecutter — also recommends unplugging "anything that looks kind of fishy, whether that's an alarm clock or just a USB plug that seems random in the wall."
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