The earlier tirades against the unfairness of it all, taxes being avoided, safety risks ignored, have gradually made way for a more grudging acceptance that this Airbnb upstart may already have a decent share of the niche “millenial” market.
The reality of course is way different.
Airbnb is just one of a host of similar operations aiding the sharing economy and, in itself, a mere distraction from the bigger picture in which the bottom is about to fall out of the hotel industry, most likely for good.