> I think it's unreasonable to say that all home-sharers must act like hotels.
First, Airbnb hosts are not "sharing" their homes. They're renting them out for financial profits.
Second, the name is literally Airbnb, as in "Bed and Breakfast". Most B&Bs don't get anything close to that amount of information, and it's illegal for them to discriminate on the basis of protected classes, just like hotels.
> First, Airbnb hosts are not "sharing" their homes. They're renting them out for financial profits.
Respectfully, I disagree. If you allow someone to stay in the home you live in while you're away, to sleep in your bed, to cook in your kitchen, drink from your cups, and so on, you are most definitely sharing your home. It doesn't matter if you profit or not for that to be true.
I know a lot of Airbnb hosts aren't doing this. They're renting out places they never lived in. There's a big difference.
I, personally, am not arguing that discrimination isn't wrong (though some other threads have clarified the actual legality). I'm just saying that the methods Airbnb has chosen to prevent said discrimination also make it impossible for me to host and those methods are shaky at best.
It may not be racism, but it's certainly discrimination, in the sense that you are selecting who gets to conduct business with you based upon subjective criteria.
First, Airbnb hosts are not "sharing" their homes. They're renting them out for financial profits.
Second, the name is literally Airbnb, as in "Bed and Breakfast". Most B&Bs don't get anything close to that amount of information, and it's illegal for them to discriminate on the basis of protected classes, just like hotels.