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Why isn't AirBnB replaced by another better company yet?? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by Roweie@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone
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Their customer service is HORRENDOUS. I Think it's also mostly because they outsource to countries were the people, even though they might mean well, have absolutely no idea what customer service means or have a very different concept of it (which is just to apologies without really practically solving the problem or making things right. Their making things right is just being polite and apologizing).

But AirBnB knows this. They make exorbitant amount of money yet offer shi**y service. Why hasn't another company taken over yet?

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[โ€“] ITellManyLies@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Real answer? Economies of scale. It's hard to compete with companies like airBnb due to their size. They can afford to take short run losses, whereas most startups can't.

[โ€“] VirtualMoneyLover@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

airBnb due to their size.

You mean a server? Amazon is huge, Airbnb is just a server.