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How Airbnb accidentally screwed the US housing market and made $100 billion (www.arktrek.shop)

submitted 6 months ago by Dragxito@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] kashifshah@lemmy.sdf.org 81 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Big tech - move fast, break things, disrupt, and destroy

[–] WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Like kudzu

[–] kashifshah@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 6 months ago

or feral swine

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Southerner here. FYI, kudzu is nowhere near as bad as this big tech shit. It doesn't actually engulf entire forests; it just looks like it does because it covers the edges of them and that's mostly the part that people see.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Mostly profit though.

[–] kashifshah@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 6 months ago

Forgot the opportunity cost.