One of the things I find ironic is how many people in tech, as we as those who leach off tech like the tech press, both hailed this new "sharing" economy as it was framed. Disrupting the old antiquated regulations was good, reducing friction was good, democratization of resources was good. Now suddenly its a surprise that the value of these companies was misplaced. That they arguably bring harm. That in the end they don't care so much about the the resource they are facilitating --all they cared about was making the customer happy. And the customer selfishly will not think that this might have an impact with the potential to bite them back.
Basically let me get mine while the getting is good.
The "sharing" part is a scam, the same tired nonsense that napster tried. The tech press swallows it hook line and sinker because they are trade rags, and pissing off the cool kids will cut off the flow of future stories.
Many aspects of Uber and Airbnb's business model are awesome. The problem is that they have growth targets to hit which require breaking a few eggs.
Basically let me get mine while the getting is good.