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What has AirBnB done that's imaginative beyond VRBO and similar ilk?

> I don't think the regulatory environment will be even a speed-bump on its path.

They certainly haven't treated it as such. "Laws? Fuck'em". Witness: New York. Witness: Gibraltar-issued anonymous credit cards to avoid taxation issues.

I'm not sure these are things to be proud of or aspire to.




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