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simonebrunozzi
on Aug 7, 2020
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To double down on your examples, AirBnB was preceded by Couchsurfing, which proved that people were willing to host strangers in their own house.
hombre_fatal
on Aug 7, 2020
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Couchsurfing was a completely different arrangement though and that's why it was free. It's like comparing staying at your aunt's house for a weekend to booking a room at a motel, the expectations are just a lot different.
gumby
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Airbnb’s original plan was basically that, for a fee. The “air“ in the name was an air mattress
repsilat
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Yeah, "Airbed and breakfast".
tapland
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The point was that it was a proof of concept
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