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I think you are over simplifying the complexities involved with this analogy . Backpack seems to break a lot of laws explicitly. I would rally love to see what the founders have researched about different destinations and airports.
Many (if not most) of AirBnB's major markets explicitly forbid short term rentals without a hotel or bed & breakfast permit and associated taxes, yet AirBnB lists and drives business to them seemingly indiscriminately without so much as asking for such paperwork.
What's the complexity? Airports and felony charges instead of evictions and injunctions?