Uber was for awhile, but would argue now it’s become mostly regulated...drivers have to get the right TIC licenses, airports have official signage for rideshare.
Airbnb to me still feels like the Wild Wild West (Uber circa 2013) and they take so little responsibility to make sure listings are legal per terms of whatever city it’s located in.
In fact, AirBnB take active efforts to ensure that cities cannot verify that their listings are legal. They actively resist giving cities information about landlords using their platform.
It's not like the city can't factor the info about the owner from the address. They pay property taxes to the city, right? If a city council wanted a crackdown on illegal AirBnBs, they could compile a lust of properties every month and fine the landlords based on zoning regulation. They could also provide some kind of report form or telephone number.
Airbnb listings don’t provide addresses, which aren’t seen until they are long booked. You couldn’t just scrape them, you’d have to actually order and pay for each one whose address you wanted.
There’s nothing preventing a host from giving an incorrect street address. So even if an aggregator were to book rooms to find them, there’s no guarantee that the address would net them something.
It depends on the market, and in its most mature markets the company has worked with cities to make it legal and regulated. Uber has a tiny prescence in Asia at this point outside India having sold most of their biz to Grab.
The biggest turnaround I’ve seen is Las Vegas. Up until 2016 or so they were the most aggressive as far as arresting drivers and the company shut down operations for years. Then a year later the airport has a dedicated floor to pickups, official signage everywhere, all hotels have dedicated pickup/drop off.
Airbnb to me still feels like the Wild Wild West (Uber circa 2013) and they take so little responsibility to make sure listings are legal per terms of whatever city it’s located in.