AirBnB Authorizes Monitoring Devices That Are Totally Not Creepy at All::Minut – know exactly what your guests are up to 24/7 with the new and discreet telescreen.

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    2 years ago

    My partner and I both carry two phones - personal and work. Can’t wait to get kicked out of an AirBnB due to having too many phones on the premises.

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      2 years ago

      There are many problems with Airbnb, but let’s be fair no one’s getting kicked out for having four phones.

      It’s a straw man argument to say that this is Not for the places that end up with 25 phones.

      This is an attempt to keep party houses under control. I can see how one could argue for and/or against this but let’s be clear what it’s about. 👍😁

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    2 years ago

    Just stay at a hotel.

    Similar price, no bullshit cleaning instructions (then cleaning fees on top), no immoral monitoring, consistent experience.

    AirBnB was at best a cute gimmick for a few years. Now it’s a measurably worse experience.

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    2 years ago

    A recent pilot in Prague enabled Hosts on Airbnb to trial Minut noise sensors, and found a reminder can be all that’s needed for a potential noise issue to be quickly resolved

    If a reminder is all that’s needed, the device could be an offline decibel meter that lights up when the volume exceeds a threshold.

    Plus I’m sure parents are going to love their phone blowing up when little Billy is a bit too cranky at bed time.

  • nucleative@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Yeah, I’m never using Airbnb again. This device is a crutch for wannabe hoteliers who don’t know what hospitality is.

    The prices on Airbnb aren’t much different from real hotels, and there’s way less of a gamble with a hotel brand that can’t just delete their user profile and create a new one tomorrow after a bad review.

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      2 years ago

      Recently I’ve been finding hotels at a lower cost than airBNB.

      yea, I’ll take the nicer room, downtown, without a load of cleaning fees