There’s a lot of unfounded speculation about why AirBnB made its recent decisions. The truth is far simpler (or dumber, depending on your point of view)
There were no A/B tests that caused them to take this product direction.
There is no quantitative model of any kind that points to this as the revenue maximizing approach.
They are trying to differentiate themselves from hotels as much as possible to create long term brand equity.
This is the opposite of what many posters are suggesting. It may or may not succeed but it’s not driven by short term thinking as many are claiming here.
There were no A/B tests that caused them to take this product direction.
There is no quantitative model of any kind that points to this as the revenue maximizing approach.
They are trying to differentiate themselves from hotels as much as possible to create long term brand equity.
This is the opposite of what many posters are suggesting. It may or may not succeed but it’s not driven by short term thinking as many are claiming here.